Practise MYP Individuals & Societies questions on 8.2 Resource Depletion and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
True or False: The top ten oil producers account for about 60% of crude oil output, which grants organizations like OPEC significant economic and political power.
Why does the environmental damage 'per unit' of resource extracted often increase during the early stages of depletion?
In the context of environmental pathways, what occurs once an ecosystem like a rainforest loses its 'resilience'?
Why are economies that rely heavily on a narrow range of primary exports particularly vulnerable to 'currency problems' when global prices fall?
What is the primary objective of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in sustainable resource management?
True
False
Companies deliberately cause more damage to signal to the market that the resource is running out
Renewable resources naturally become toxic as their quantity decreases in the ecosystem
Governments typically lower environmental regulations as resources become scarce to encourage mining
Extraction becomes more intensive, requiring deeper drilling or the processing of lower-grade materials
The ecosystem becomes immune to human activity
Natural replenishment stops being necessary
Resource quality immediately improves
Regeneration slows down and depletion accelerates
Because the government is forced to increase subsidies for luxury imports
Because resource extraction becomes more labor-intensive when prices are low
Because lower prices encourage too much foreign investment in the currency
Because falling export earnings weaken national income and economic stability
To maximize the speed of resource extraction
To ensure that resource prices remain low for consumers
To eliminate the need for any environmental regulations
To evaluate potential ecological damage before a project begins
