G2 Geography Worksheet - Online Homework 2

Topic: Natural resources – Energy resources

Name: Zara Beszédešová Class: II.B Due: Friday, March 20; Score ____/120_____%
Assignment Nr.1 List the non-renewable and renewable energy resources. Source below.
(10pts__________)
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/environmental-data-centre-on-natural-resources-old/natural-resources/energy-resources

Non-renewable resources Renewable resources

natural gas and oil (biomass), nuclear energy, coal wind energy, solar energy, biomass, hydropower,
geothermal energy

Read about various resources, focusing on their advantages and disadvantages respectively. Source below.
http://vikaspedia.in/energy/energy-basics/sources-of-energy

Assignment Nr.2 Fill-in the table. Top 5 countries producing, exporting and importing oil, natural gas
and coal.
(45 pts/____________)

Source: https://www.indexmundi.com/g/rank.html

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Oil USA Russia Saudi Arabia Iraq Canada

production

Oil Saudi Arabia Russia Iraq Canada United Arab

export Emirates

Oil USA China India Japan South Korea

import

Natural gas USA Russia Iran Qatar Canada

production

Natural gas Russia Qatar Norway USA Canada

export

Natural gas Germany Japan China USA Italy

import

Coal production China India USA Australia Indonesia

Coal export Australia Indonesia Russia USA Colombia

Coal import Japan India China South Korea Taiwan

Assignment Nr.3 (45
pts/____________)
Pick 10 countries each from MEDCs and LEDCs respectively. NOTE: Do not miss the important ones.
Go to: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.COMM.FO.ZS?name_desc=false

Describe the global trend in share of fossil fuels on energy production/consumption.

= fossil fuels damage the environment so people in more developed countries are trying to use natural sources,
the trend is mostly decreasing whereas in the least developed countries the trend is increasing

Find out the percentage of fossil fuels on total energy production in the respective countries.

Asses the trend in share of fossil fuels on total energy production in both group of chosen countries.

Picture Nr.1 (to remind you on categories by level of development)

MEDCs % Trend LEDCs % Trend

USA 82,4 decreasing Mozambique 12,6 increasing

China 87,7 increasing Angola 48,3 increasing

Japan 93 increasing Niger 24 decreasing

Germany 78,9 decreasing Haiti 22 not changing

Russia 92,1 increasing Bangladesh 73,8 increasing

France 46,5 decreasing Ethiopia 6,6 increasing

United 80,4 decreasing Zambia 10,6 decreasing

Kingdom

Brazil 59 increasing Nepal 15,5 increasing

 Australia 89,6 decreasing Sudan 31,7 decreasing

Canada 74 decreasing Cambodia 30,6 decreasing

Assignment Nr.4 (5
pts/____________)
List top five countries with the highest share of nuclear power on electricity production.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.NUCL.ZS?end=2015&name_desc=false&start=1960
France
Slovakia
Hungary
Ukraine
Slovenia

Assignment Nr.5 (4
pts/____________)
Describe the global trend in percentage of renewable resources on electricity production.
For long-term trend go to: https://ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy
For the most recent development see the pictures Nr.2-4.

(everything goes up.. for instance = global hydroelectric power consumption was in 1800 - 0 TWH and in 2017 it
was already 4,000 TWH)
today, traditional biofuels remain the largest source of renewables, accounting for 60-70 % of the total
Picture Nr.2

Picture Nr.3
Picture Nr.4

Assignment Nr.6 (6+3

pts/____________)
Make a list of top 3 countries by total capacity and/or generation of energy from renewable resources. Consider
both total (not per capita) capacity and energy generation from all resources listed in the picture Nr. 5.
To support your ranking add data on amount of energy produced by the respective countries from solar, hydro
and wind: https://knoema.com/ufrrsrg/global-energy-at-a-glance
 Picture Nr.5

1.China - solar 177,50 TWH, wind 366 TW, hydro 1202,43 TWH

2. USA - solar 97,12 TWH, wind 277,73 TWH, hydro 288,71 TWH

3. Germany - solar 46,16 TWH, wind 111,59 TWH, hydro 16,90