NCERT CLASS 8 CHAPTER 1 YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/wYHh2sKxpI4

1. OUR RESOURCES
Class 8
NCERT
Chapter- 1

2. INTRODUCTION
• A resource is any physical material
constituting part of Earth that people need
and value
• Resources are spatially distributed varying in
quantity and quality.
• Development of techniques convert the
materials into valuable resources

3. CLASSIFICATION OF RESOURCES
On the basis of
ORIGIN RENEWABILITY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT DISTRIBUTION
1. Biotic
2. Abiotic
1. Exhaustible
2. Inexhaustible
1. Potential
2. Developed
1. Ubiquitous
2. Localized

4. UTILITY OF A RESOURCE
• The utility of resources is determined by the
following factors-
The form in which it occurs
The place of its occurrence
The efforts needed to process it
The cost involved in processing it