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Define sustainable development as meeting current needs without preventing future generations from meeting their needs.
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Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water
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Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development
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Define sustainable development as meeting current needs without preventing future generations from meeting their needs
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What is sustainable development?
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In Chemistry, this page helps you answer questions about sustainable development within Using the Earth's resources and obtaining potable water. Focus on the key process, correct scientific terms, and how the idea links to exam-style questions. Key terms to check are sustainable development and finite resources.
Key terms
- sustainable development: Meeting current needs without preventing future generations from meeting their needs.
- finite resources: Natural resources that are limited in supply and cannot be replenished within a human timescale.
Common trap
Misunderstanding Sustainable Development: Emphasize that sustainable development specifically involves meeting current needs while ensuring that future generations can also meet their needs.
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- Distinguish finite resources from renewable resources using given information.
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- Explain how finite resources from the Earth, oceans and atmosphere can be processed to provide energy and materials.
Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development