This document discusses natural resources and their classification. It begins with an introduction that defines natural resources as materials found in nature that are useful to humans. Natural resources can be classified as biotic, derived from living things like plants and animals, or abiotic, from non-living materials like water, air, and metals. The document outlines ways to conserve natural resources like using more efficient appliances. It distinguishes between renewable resources that regenerate quickly like geothermal energy and biofuels, and non-renewable resources like fossil fuels that take millions of years to form and are finite. In conclusion, the document stresses the importance of conserving India's biodiversity and natural resources for future generations.

1. ONLINE
ASSIGNMENT

2. A study on Natural Resources
Submitted To Submitted By
Santhi Miss Remya. M R
Reg. No. 18114350015
Natural Science

3. INDEX
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1 Introduction 1
2 Classification 3
3 Conservation of Natural resources 5
4 Renewable resources and non-
renewable Resources
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5 Natural resources of product or services 15
6 Conclusion 17

4. INTRODUCTION
A Natural resources is something such as a forest, mineral
deposit, or fresh water, that is found in natural and is necessary or
useful to humans. Natural resources are derived from the environment.
Some of them are essential for our survival while most are use for
satisfying our desires. Natural resources may be further classified in
different ways. Natural resources are material and components that can
be found within the environment. Every man made product is composed
of natural resources. It may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water
and air as well as living organism such a fish or it may be exist in an
alternate from which must be processed to obtain the resource such as
metal ores, oil and most forms of energy . Some natural resources such
as sunlight and air can be found everywhere and are known as
ubiquitous resources. However, most resources only occur in small
sporadic areas and are referred to as localized resources. There are very
few resources that are considered inexhaustible these are radiation,
geothermal energy, and air. The vast majority of resources are
exhaustible, which means they have a finite quantity and can be
depleted it managed improperly.

5. CLASSIFICATION
There are various methods of categorizing natural resources, these
include source of origin, stage of development, and by their renewability.
These classifications are described below on the basis of original, natural
resources may be divided into;
 Biotic:- Biotic resources are obtained from the biosphere such
as forests and animals and the materials that can be obtained
from them. Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum are also
included in this category because they are formed from
decayed organic matter.
 Abiotic:- Abiotic resources are those that come from non-
living, non-organic material. Examples of abiotic resources
include land, fresh water, air and heavy metals including ores
such as gold, iron copper, silver etc.

6. CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Resources are features of environment that are important and
value of to human in one foam or the other. However, the advancement
of modern civilization has had a great impact on our planet’s natural
resources is very essential today. There are many ways that are can
conserve natural resources. All you need to do is to look around and see
what natural resources you are using and find out ways to limit your
usage. Most of the people use natural gas to heat their water and their
home. You can monitor how much you are using this resource to
minimize its usage.
For conservation of natural resources like natural gas, one can get tank
less water heater as it reduces the usage of natural gas. The other way to
save natural gas is the use of another energy source for instant hydro,
solar or wind power are all healthy and great alternatives to conserving
natural resources. In back these energy resources are clean and healthy
for environment. Moreover, these energy sources do not exist or
produced harmful gases or toxin into our environment like that or the
burning fossil fuels at the same time they are renewable as well as are not
easy to deplete
Today most of the people are finding many ways for conserving
natural resources. One of the great option before is Hydro-power and
solar power. Power can be generated from there source and these are the
best ways for natural resources conservation like fossil fuel. One should
make the most use these paper products without being wasteful and then
recycle them. This is one great way for conservation natural resources.

7. RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND NON- RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
Renewable Resources are resources that are replenished by the
environment over relatively short periods of time. This type of resources is such
more describe to use because often a resources renews so best that it will have
regenerated by the time you’ve used it up.
Think of this like the ice cube maker in your refrigerator. As you take
some ice out, more ice gets made. If you take a lot of ice out, it takes a little
more time to refill the bin but not very long time at all. Even it you completely
emptied the entire ice cube bin, it would probably only take a few hours to
‘renew ‘and refill that ice bin for you. Renewable resources in the natural
environment work the same way.

8. a) Geothermal energy is a renewable resources that provides heat
from the earth ‘geo’ – means ‘earth’ and thermal means heat. You
know all of those volcanoes on earth that spew hot lava when they
erupt? That lava has got to come from somewhere right? It’s
actually sitting underneath the earth’s surface as incredibly hot
rock and Magma.
b) Biofuels are renewable resources that are fuel made from living
organisms. Literally biological fuels. Ethanol is a biofuel because
its derived from corn. Biodiesel is vehicle fuel made from vegitable
oil, and bet you didn’t know that people can actually run their cars
on used oil from restaurants. Fire wood , animal dung and peat
burned for heat and cooking purpose are also biofuels because they
come from living organisms.
Non- Renewable Resources, in contrast to renewable resources. It is
resources that are not easily relenshed by the environment. Lets think about this
in terms of that ice cube make again. Imagine that this time you don’t have an
automatic ice maker at home, you have to wait for someowe bring it to you and
they only di this once a month.
If you used up all your ice quickly, it wouldn’t regenerate is your
refrigerator and you would be not of ice until the next delivery comes. The same
thing happens with non-renewble resources on earth , except the wait time its
mch longer than a month-usually more like thousands or millions of years.
The fuels we use heat our homes and drive our cars non-renewable
resources because there is just no way that the earth can regenerated them in a
usable time frame. Minerals are also considered non- renewable resources
because not only do they take millions of years of heat and pressure to from
deep underground, but they’re also found in a very limited quantity on earth.
Not all non-renewable resources are usable only once, though

9. NATURAL RESOURCES OR PRODUCT OR
SERVICES
Air Wind energy, Tires
Animals
Foods ( Milk, cheese, steak, bacon) and clothing
cool sweathers, silk shirts, leather belts)
Coal Electricity
Minerals Coins , wire, steel, Aluminum cans, jewelry
Natural gas Electricity, heating
Oil Electricity, fuel for cars and airplanes plastic
Plants Wood paper, cotton, clothing, fruits vegetables
Sunlight Solar power, photosynthesis
Water Hydroelectrie energy, drinking cleaning.

10. CONCLUSION
Conservation of natural resources we should be proud of our
country’s natural bounty and unique bio-diversity. India is amongst the rare
countries where major becomes of the world are represented. India is one
among the twelve countries where 60-70 % of the world’s total bio diversity
exists. India has two out of the 18 bio diversity hot.
Water pollution remains one of the most visible and persistent signs of
our impact on the natural world clean up of some older pollutants has been
offset by new contain ants that threaten fresh water ecosystem and found our
drinking water. The sight and small of grossly polluted waterways.
Natural resources anything obtained from the environment to satisfy
human needs and wants is known as natural resources. Human do not make
natural resources, but gather them from the earth. Examples of natural resources
are air, water, wood, oil, wind energy hydro electric etc.

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Dr. MARIYAMMA MATHEW :- Teaching science for biological and
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Dr. MOLYKUTTY & Dr. MATHEW T. K:- Science Education
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