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CAIE IGCSE Biology 20.4.1 Defining a Sustainable Resource

Practise defining a sustainable resource by comparing its rate of replacement with its rate of removal.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Biology 0610

Exam points

  • state that a sustainable resource is produced as rapidly as it is removed from the environment
  • explain that balancing replacement and removal prevents the resource from running out
  • apply the definition to renewable examples such as managed woodland rather than fossil fuels

20.4.1—Sustainable resource as one which is question 1

[Maximum number: 2]

The oceans contain fish stocks that can be managed as a sustainable resource to provide food for humans.

State what is meant by the term sustainable resource.

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