Natural Resources and Economy · Economic Geography

Types of Resources

Distinguishing between renewable and non-renewable resources and their global availability.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the unequal distribution of resources lead to global conflict?
  2. 2What happens to a community when its primary natural resource is exhausted?
  3. 3How can we transition to renewable energy on a global scale?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability - Grade 7
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Geography
Unit: Natural Resources and Economy
Period: Economic Geography

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