RESOURCES-
- All materials available in our environment which satisfy our needs are called as Resources.
- All resources have some value. Value means worth. Some resources have economic value and some do not, but both are important and satisfy human needs.
- Some resources can become economically valuable with time.
- Time and technology are the important factors that change substances into People themselves are the most important resource. It is their ideas, knowledge, inventions and discoveries that lead to the creation of more resources.
- Each discovery or invention leads to many others. For example-
- Discovery of fire led to the practice of cooking
- Invention of the wheel resulted in the development of newer modes of transport.
TYPES OF RESOURCES:
- Resources are catogorised into natural, human made and human.
1. Natural resources are those resources that are drawn from nature and are used without much modification-air, water, soils, minerals are the natural resources.
- Natural resources are classified into different groups depending upon their level of development and use, origin, renewability and distribution
- Natural resources also called as ‘gifts of nature’.
(i) On the basis of level of their development and use, natural resources can be classified into –
| ACTUAL RESOURCES | POTENTIAL RESOURCES |
| Those resources whose quantity is known. | Those resources whose entire quantity may not be known |
| These resources are being used in the present. | These are not being used at present and could be used in the future. |
| For e.g. Coal of Germany, Petroleum in the West Asia | For e.g. The Uranium in Ladakh |
(ii) On the basis of origin, the natural resources can be
| BIOTIC RESOURCES | ABIOTIC RESOURCES |
| It includes all the living things. | It includes all the non-living things. |
| For example- Plants & animals | For example- Soil, rocks, minerals |
(iii) On the basis of renewablitiy, natural resources can be categorized into
| RENEWABLE RESOURCES | NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES |
| Those which can get renewed or replenished quickly are called as Renewable resources. They are also called as Inexhaustible resources. | Those which have a limited stock. Once the stocks are exhausted it may take thousands of years to be renewed or replenished are called as Non-renewable resources. They are also called as Exhaustible resources |
| For e.g. solar and wind energy. | For e.g. such as coal, petroleum and natural gas. |
(iv) On the basis of distribution, natural resources can be classified into-
| UBIQUITOUS RESOURCES | LOCALIZED RESOURCES |
| Ubiquitous resources are found everywhere on the earth. Land, water, air are ubiquitous resources. | Localized resources are found only in certain places, like copper and iron ore. |
(v) The distribution of natural resources depends upon, number of physical factors like terrain, climate and altitude(height).
(vi) The distribution of resources is unequal across the earth.
2. Human Made Resources:
Human resource refers to the number(quantity) and abilities (mental and physical) of the people.
(i) The resources which are created from the natural resources by the human resources by the human beings to produce useful products are known as Human made resources. Like roads, machinery, vehicles, etc.
(ii) Technology is also a human made resources.
3. Human Resources:
(i) Human resources refers to the number and abilities of the people. People can make the best use of nature to create more resources when they have the knowledge, skill and the technology.
(ii) People are human resources.
(iii) Improving the quality of people’s skills so that they are able to create more resources is known as Human resource development.
CONSERVING RESOURCES:
(i) Conservation of resources refers to using natural resources carefully so that they could be renewed and continue to be used in future.
(ii) Sustainable use of resources refers to carefully utilizing resources and balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the future generation.
(iii) It is our duty to ensure that all uses of renewable resources are sustainable.
(iv) The diversity of life on the earth should be conserved.
(v) The damage to natural environmental system should be minimized.
(vi) There are many ways of conserving resources.Each person can contribute by reducing consumption, recycling and reusing things.
For More :-
CBSE
Class–VII | CHAPTER – 1 Integers | NMMS
Revision Notes à Click
Here
Tracing
Changes Through a Thousand Years | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 | Social à Click
Here
New
Kings and Kingdoms | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 | Social à Click Here
The
Delhi Sultanate | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
The
Mughal Empire | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Tribes
Nomads and Settled Communities | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Devotional
Paths to the Divine | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
The
Making of Regional Cultures | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Eighteenth
Century Political Formations | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Environment
| NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Inside
Our Earth | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Our
Changing Earth | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Air |
NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Water
| NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Human
Environment Interactions the Tropical | NMMS Revison Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Life
in the Deserts | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
On
Equality | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
How
the State Government Works | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Role
of the Government in Health | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Growing
up as Boys and Girls | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click
Here
Women
Change the World | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Understanding
Media | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Markets
Around Us | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
A
Shirt in the Market | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Social à Click Here
Nutrition
in Plants | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Nutrition
in Animals | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Heat |
NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click
Here
Acids
Bases And Salts | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Physical
And Chemical Changes | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click
Here
Respiration
In Organisms | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Transportation
in Animals and Plants | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click
Here
Force
and Pressure | NMMS Quick Revision Notes
| Class: 8 Physics à
Click Here
Reproduction
In Plants | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Motion
And Time | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Electric
Current and its Effects | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click
Here
Light
| NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
Waste
Water Story | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 7 Science à Click Here
How
When and Where | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click
Here
From
Trade to Territory | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click Here
Ruling
the Countryside | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click Here
Tribals
Dikus and Vision of Golden Age | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click
Here
When
People Rebel | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click Here
Weavers
Iron Smelters and Factory Owners | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click
Here
Civilising
the Native Educating the Nation | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click
Here
Women
Caste and Reform | NMMS Revision Notes | Class 8 Social à Click Here