Biology GCSE
Resource use
What Resource use means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Resource use
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Reference: AQA
Producing export crops can use scarce local resources such as water and fertile land, which may reduce food available locally.
Topics that use Resource use
- Factors affecting food security (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Environmental change
- Food security
- Pathogen
- population growth
- Vulnerability
- Widespread famine
- Carbon emissions
- Changing diets
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