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1. RESOURCES
Chapter 1
Presenting by Agna Yashin

2. Resources
• Anything that can be used to satisfy a need is a resource
• Eg-Water, electricity, rickshaw, vegetable and textbook etc
Utiliy / Usability
• Utility or usability is what makes an object or substance a
resource.
Value
• Its use or utility gives it a value. All resources have some
value
• Value=Worth

3. Economic Value
• Some resources have economic some do not
• But both are important and satisfy human needs.
• Metals have economical value.
• But air do not have.

4. SUBSTANCE
TIME TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES
Time and Technology are two important factors that
can change substances into resources

5. • People themselves are resources.
• It is their IDEAS, KNOWLEDGE, INVENTIONS and
DISCOVERIES that lead to creation of new
resources.
• Eg:-

6. Types of Resources
Resources
Natural
Resources
Human
made
resources
Human
Resources

7. RESOURCES HUMAN
RESOURCES
HUMAN MADE
RESOURCES
NATURAL
RESOURCES
LEVEL OF
DEVELOPMENT
AND USE
Origin Stock Distribution
ACTUAL
RESOURCES
POTENTIAL
RESOURCES
BIOTIC
RESOURCES
ABIOTIC
RESOURCES
RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
NON-
RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
UBIQUITOUS
RESOURCES
LOCALISED
RESOURCE

8. Natural Resources
• Resources that are drawn from Nature and used without
much modification are called natural resources.
• Eg-Air, Water, Soil, Mineral
Natural
Resources
Level of
development &
use
Origin Stock Distribution

9. Level of development & use
Actual Resources Potential Resources
Resources whose quantity
is known
Whose entire quantity
may not be known
They are used in present • Not used in present.
• Could be used in the future.
• The level of technology we have at present
may not be advanced enough to easily
utilise these resources.
Coal in Ruhr region of Germany and
petroleum in the West Asia, the dark soils of
the Deccan
plateau in Maharashtra
Uranium found in Ladakh

10. Abiotic
Resources
Biotic Resources
Origin
Biotic Resources are
living
Abiotic resources are
non-living
Eg-Plants, Animals Eg-Soil, Rock , Mineral

12. Renewable
Resources
Non-Renewable
Resources
Stock
Renewable resources are those which get
renewed or
replenished quickly.
Non-renewable resources are those which have a
limited stock.
• Careless use of certain renewable resources
• Like water, soil and forest can affect their
stock
• But shortage and drying up of natural water
sources is a major problem in many parts of
the world today
Once the stocks are exhausted it may
take thousands of years to be renewed or replenished.
Some of these are unlimited and are
not affected by human activities, such as solar
and wind
energy
take thousands of years to be renewed or replenished.
Since this period is much more than human life spans,
such resources are considered non-renewable.
Eg-Coal, petroleum and natural gas

14. Ubiquitous Resources Localised Resources
Distribution
Resources that are found
Everywhere
Eg-Air
Those which are found only in
certain places are
Localised
Eg-Copper ,Iron ore

16. Distribution
Terrain
ClimateAltitude

17. Human Made Resources
• Natural substances become resources only when
their original form has been changed.
• Iron ore was not a resource until people learnt to
extract iron from it.
• People use natural resources to make buildings,
bridges, roads, machinery and vehicles, which are
known as human made resources.
• Technology is also a human made resource

19. Human Resources
• People are human resources.
• People can make the best use of nature to create more
resources when they have the knowledge, skill and the
technology to do so. That is why human beings are a
special resource
• Education and health help in making people a valuable
resource.
• Improving the quality of people’s skills so that they are
able to create more resources is known as human
resource development.

20. Conserving Resources
• Using resources carefully and giving them time to get
renewed is called resource conservation.
• Balancing the need to use resources and also conserve
them for the is called sustainable development.
Or
• Carefully utilising resources so that besides meeting the
requirements of the present, also takes care of
futuregenerations.

21. Principles of
Sustainable Development
• Respect and care for all forms of life
• Improve the quality of human life
• Conserve the earth’s vitality and diversity
• Minimise the depletion of natural resources
• Change personal attitude and practices toward the
environment
• Enable communities to care for their own
environment.