ppt resouces chapter

1. Definition:
Anything that can be used to satisfy a need
is a resource
Examples; Water, electricity, rickshaw and
vegetables etc.
Resources :
Definition, Utility and Value
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Utility:
Utility or usability is what makes an object
or a susbtance a resource.
Value:
Value means Worth ; a thing or
an object became resource only when
their value is identified.

2. People themselves are the most
important resource – Ideas, Knowledge,
Inventions and Discoveries led to the
creation of more resources
TYPES
of
Resources
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Factors : Substances into a Resource
Natural
Human
made
Human
Time and Technology are the two important
factors that can change a substances into a
resources

3. Diagram on Types of a Resource
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4. POTENTIAL RESOURCES
Entire Quantity is not yet known
Not being used at present with
future possibility
Eg; Uranium (Ladakh)
Natural Resources
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Resources that are drawn from nature and used
without much modification.
(Eg: Water, Air, Soils and Minerals etc.)
Classifications
Development
& Use
ACTUAL RESOURCES
Whose Quantity is known
Being used at present
Eg; Coal in Ruhr (Germany)
Petroleum (W.Asia)
Dark soils of the Deccan

5. Based on their ORIGIN
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Biotic: Living things
Abiotic: Non-Living things

6. On the
Basis of Stock / Exhaustion
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RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
Get renewed or
replenished quickly
Some are unlimited.
Eg; Solar, Wind,
soil, forest
and water
etc
NON-RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
Limited stock
Geological age for
its formation.
Eg; Coal,
Petroleum &
Natural gas
etc

7. On
the
Basis
of
Distribution
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UBIQUITOUS
Resources that are
found everywhere
Eg: Air, Soil, Water etc
LOCALISED
Resources found only
in certain places
Eg; Copper, Iron etc
Physical factors
like terrain, Climate
and
Altitude

8. Classifications of a Resource
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9. Education and Health help in making
people a valuable resource
Knowledge, Skills and Technology help
people to be the most important resource.
Human
Resources
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Man-made
Resources
Substance become a resources
only when their original form has
been changed
Eg; Buildings, Bridges, roads,
machinery, technology and
Vehicles etc

10. Conservation:
Using resources carefully and giving
them time to get renewed.
Sustainable Development:
Balancing the need to use resources
and also conserve them for the future.
Resources :
Conservation,
Sustainable Development
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Duty of a Citizen:
All uses of renewable
resources are sustainable.
The diversity of life on
earth is conserved
Damaged to natural
environment is minimised

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Classroom Recapitulation
1. What are natural resources?
2. Give the different between biotic
and abiotic.
3.Give any two examples of Natural
resources.
4. Define value.
5.Define sustainable development.
Home Assignment
1. Describe how resources are classified.
2. Draw a neat diagram on the classification
of resources.
3. Write in your own words the types of
resources found in and around your
locality.

12. Class - VIII
Chapter – 1
Resources
Presented by:
Mr.S.Paul
TGT-Social Studies
JNV West Imphal, Manipur
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