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Resource consumption — GCSE Geography Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Resource consumption

Definition

The amount of a resource that people actually use.

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AQA GCSE Geography · 8035

Specification 3.2.3.1 · Paper 2

Revise: Global Resource Significance and Inequalities

AQA Geography past papers

Edexcel GCSE Geography A · 1GA0

Specification 8.1 · Paper 3

The use of resources such as food, water, energy and construction materials by people and economic activities.
Revise: Resource Consumption and Sustainability

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