Access & Availibility
Production & Supply
Power & Resources
Concepts & Definitions
100

This refers to having reliable access to sufficient clean water.

What is water security?

100

What is it called when people have access to enough safe and nutritious food?

What is food security?

100

What is the reliable access to affordable power sources called?

What is energy security?

100

What is it called when present needs are met without harming future generations?

What is sustainability?

200

What is the system of production that is the largest user of freashwater globally?

What is agriculture?

200

What type of farming is primarily used for personal consumption?

What is subsistence farming?

200

What are resources that naturally replenish over time?

What are renewable resources?

200

What is the total amount of resources a person or group uses called?

What is ecological footprint?

400

This process removes salt from seawater.

What is desalination?

400

What type of crisis is one where there is a sudden rise in food prices leading to food shortages?

What is a food crisis?

400

What is the most commonly used fossil fuel worldwide?

What is oil?

400

What is it called when demand exceeds available supply?

What is scarcity?

800

Name one cause of the lack of resources related to water.

What is climate change / overuse / pollution / population growth?

800

What is one major factor that disrupts food supply chains?

What is conflict / climate change / economic instability?

800

What is a major environmental impact of the use of non-renewable resources?

What is greenhouse emissions / pollution?

800

What is a system that focuses on reusing and minimizing waste called?

What is a circular economy?

1000

What is the region experiencing extreme physical water scarcity?

What is the Middle East / North Africa

1000

What was the major agricultural advancement that increased yields in the 20th century?

What is the green revolution?

1000

A country highly dependent on importing fuel.

What is Japan?

1000

What is the maximum population an environment can support called?

What is carrying capacity?