DELHIPUBLI CSCHOOL

Session2020-
21
Class–VIII
,
Subject:Geography–Ch-1 RESOURCES
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Anyobjectorsubst
ance,
li
vi
ngornon-l
i
ving,
whi
chhasut
il
it
y,i
sknownasresour
ces.
•Al
lresourceshavesomeval
ue.Val
uemeanswort
h.Someresour
ceshav
eeconomicval
ue
and

somedonot
,butbot
har
eimpor
tantandsat
isf
yhumanneeds.

•Somer
esour
cescanbecomeeconomi
cal
l
yval
uabl
ewi
tht
ime.

•Ti
meandt
echnol
ogyar
ethei
mpor
tantf
act
orst
hatchangesubst
ancesi
ntor
esour
ces.

•Eachdi
scov
eryori
nvent
ionl
eadst
omanyot
her
s.

•Ty
pesofResour
ces:

 Resour
cesar
ecat
ogor
isedi
ntonat
ural
,humanmadeandhuman.

 Natur
alr
esour
cesar
et hoseresour
cesthatar
edrawnfrom nat
ureandareused
wit
houtmuchmodif
icati
on-ai
r,wat
er,
soil
s,miner
alsar
ethenatur
alresour
ces.

 Nat
uralr
esour
cesar
eclassi
fi
edint
odif
ferentgr
oupsdependi
ngupont
hei
rlev
elof
dev
elopmentanduse,
origi
n,r
enewabi
li
tyanddist
ri
buti
on.

 Onthebasi
sofl
eveloftheirdevel
opmentanduse,
resour
cescanbecl
assi
fi
edi
nto
act
ualand pot
enti
alresources.

 Potent
ial
resour
cesaret
hoseresourceswhoseenti
requant
it
ymaynotbeknown
andthesearenotbei
ngusedatpresentandcoul
dbeusedinthef
utur
e.

 Ont
hebasi
sofor
igi
n,t
henat
ural
resour
cescanbebi
oti
corabi
oti
c.

 Bi
oti
cresour
cesi
ncl
udeal
lthel
i
vingt
hingsl
i
kepl
ant
sandani
mal
s.

 Abi
oti
cresour
cesar
enon-
li
vi
ngt
hingsl
i
kesoi
l
,rockandmi
ner
als.

Nat
ural
Resour
ces:

 Onthebasisofr
enewabil
i
t y
,natur
alr
esour
cescanbecat
egor
izedi
ntor
enewabl
e
andnon-
renewabl
eresources.

 Renewableresour
cesaret
hosewhi
chcangetr
enewedorr
epl
eni
shedqui
ckl
y,such
assolarandwindener
gy.

 Non-renewabler
esourcesarethosewhichhav
ealimit
edst
ock.Oncethest
ocksar
e
exhausteditmaytakethousandsofyearst
oberenewedorr
epleni
shed,
suchas
coal,
petrol
eum andnaturalgas.
  Ubi
qui
tousr
esour
cesaref
oundev
ery
wher
eont
heear
th.Land,
wat
er,
airar
e
ubi
qui
tousr
esour
ces.

 Local
i
zedr
esour
cesar
efoundonl
yincer
tai
npl
aces,
li
kecopperandi
ronor
e.

 Thedist
ri
buti
onofnat
uralresour
cesdependsuponnumberofphy
sical
fact
orsl
i
ke
ter
rai
n,cl
imat
eandatt
itude.

 Thedi
str
ibut
ionofr
esour
cesi
sunequal
acr
osst
heear
th.

HumanMadeResour
ces:

 Ther esourceswhicharecreat
edfrom thenatural
resour
cesbyt
hehumanr
esour
ces
bythehumanbei ngstoproduceusefulproduct
sareknownasHumanmade
resources.Liker
oads,machinery
,vehicl
es,etc.

 Technol
ogyi
sal
soahumanmader
esour
ces.

HumanResour
ces:

 Humanr
esour
cesr
efert
othenumberandabi
l
iti
esoft
hepeopl
e.

 Peopl
ecanmakethebestuseofnaturet
ocreat
emoreresour
ceswhenthey
havet
heknowl
edge,ski
l
landthetechnol
ogy
.Peopl
earehumanresour
ces.

 Humanr
esour
cesdev
elopmentr
efer
sthei
mprovi
ngt
hequal
i
tyofpeopl
e’
sski
l
l
sot
hatt
heyar
eablet
ocreat
emor er
esour
ces.

Conser
vingResour
ces:

 Conser
vat
ionofr
esour
cesrefer
stousi
ngnaturalresour
cescar
eful
l
ysot
hatt
hey
coul
dberenewedandcont
inuetobeusedi
nf utur
e.

 Sust
ainabl
euseofresour
cesref
erstocar
eful
lyuti
l
izi
ngresour
cesandbalanci
ngt
he
needtouseresour
cesandalsoconser
vethem f
orthefut
uregener
ati
on.

 I
tisourdut
ytoensur
ethatal
lusesofr
enewabl
eresour
cesar
esust
ainabl
e.

 Thedi
ver
sit
yofl
i
feont
heear
thshoul
dbeconser
ved.

 Thedamaget
onat
ural
env
ironment
alsy
stem shoul
dbemi
nimi
zed.

I
.Choosethecor r
ectopt
ion.
(
i)Whichoft
hesei snotaresource?
(
a)t
heIndianPr i
meMinister (
b)y ourGeogr
aphybook
(
c)asmallpieceofpaper (d)noneofthese

(
ii
)Whi choft hesedoesnothav eeconomicworthbuti
sval
uable?
(a)shoes (b)mountai
ns
(c)coal (d)noneofthese
(
ii
i)Thet ypesofresourcesonbasi sofst
ockare
(a)ubiquit
ousandl ocal
ized (
b)actualandpot
enti
al
(c)renewabl eandnon-renewable (d)abi
oti
candbioti
c 
(
iv)Whi chofthef ol
l
owingisanon- r
enewableresource?
(
a)Solarener gy (b)water (c)soil (
d)nat
ural
gas
(
v )Whichofthesei sanexampleofsust ai
nabl
edev elopment ?
(
a)ignori
ngt hel i
ght
swhent heyar eswit
chedonbutnotr equi
red
(
b)notwast ingpaper
(
c)usingcoal andpetr
oleum deposit
satafastpace
(d)noneoft hese
I
I.Fil
lintheblankspacesgi v
entocompl et
eeachsent ence.

a)Asubst
ancebecomesar
esour
cei
fithas_
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b)_
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etwoi
mpor
tantf
act
orswhi
chmakeasubst
ancea
r
esource.

c) Onthebasi
sofl
evel
ofdev
elopment
,resour
cesar
ecl
assi
fi
edi
nto_
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d) Anact
ual
resour
cet
ocr
azymi
ghthav
ebeena_
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esour
cesomet
imeago.

e) Windmi
l
lsgener
ate_
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gywhi
chi
sar
esour
cebecausei
twi
l
lnev
erend
up.

f
) Alt
houghr enewabl
eresour
cescanber
epl
eni
shed,
weshoul
dbe_
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egar
ding
t
heiruse.

g) Coal
andpet
rol
eum ar
eexampl
esof_
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_resour
ces.

h)Ai
risaubi
qui
tousr
esour
cesi
ncei
tisf
ound_
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.

i
) Physi
calf
actorsaff
ect
ingthepresenceofal
ocal
i
sedr
esour
cear
e__
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j
) Usi
ngr
esour
cescar
eful
l
yandgi
vi
ngt
hem t
imet
ogetr
enewedi
scal
l
ed_
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I
II
.St
atewhet
hereachoft
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atement
sist
rue(
T)orf
alse(
F).

a) Weshouldwast
ewat
ersi
ncei
tisar
enewabl
eresour
ceandwedonotneedt
obe
car
efuli
ni t
suse.

b) Ar
esour
ceal
way
shast
hesameeconomi
cval
ue.

c) Al
lnat
ural
sour
cesofener
gyar
erenewabl
e.
 d) Af
armeri
sahumanr
esour
ce.

e) Resour
cesneedt
obeconser
vedf
ort
hef
utur
egener
ati
ons.

f
) Sustainabl
edev
elopmenti
sawayt
ouser
esour
cescar
eful
l
yaswel
lassav
ingt
hem
f
orfuture.

VERYSHORTANSWERTYPEQUESTI
ONS

Q1.Whati
sthecondi
ti
onforasubst
ancet
obecalledar
esour
ce?
Answer
. 
Asubst
anceneedstohavesomeuti
l
ityt
obecall
edaresour
ce.

Q2.Whatdoyouunderst
andbytheword‘
uti
l
ity
’?
Answer
. 
Ifasubst
ancecanbeusedinanyway,i
tissai
dtohav
eaut
il
it
y.

Q3.Whatar
enatur
alresources?
Answer
. 
Resour
cesthataredrawndi
rect
lyf
rom nat
urear
ecal
l
ednat
ural
resour
ces.

Q4.Whati
sthenamegiventot
hetypeofresour
cesthathavel
imit
edstock?
Answer
. 
Theresour
ceshavi
ngl
imi
tedstockarecal
lednon-r
enewabler
esources.

Q5.Howareresour
cescl
assi
fi
edaccordi
ngtotheirdi
str
ibuti
on?
Answer.
 Ont
hebasisoft
hei
rdist
ri
but
ion,r
esourcesareclassi
fi
edi
ntoubi
qui
tousand
l
ocali
sed.

Q6.Gi
vethr
eeexamplesofabi
oti
cresour
ces.
Answer
. 
Air
,land,
soi
l
s.

Q7.Howar ehuman-maderesourcesdi
ffer
entfr
om nat
ural
resour
ces?
Answer. 
Human-maderesourceshavebeencreat
edbyhumanbeings,
wher
easnat
ural
resour
cesarepr
ovidedbynature.

Q8.Whatishumanresourcedevel
opment
?
Answer
. 
Improvingt
hequali
tyofhumanski
ll
sinor
dert
omaket
hem mor
eusef
uli
scal
l
ed
humanresourcedev
elopment.

SHORTANSWERTYPEQUESTI
ONS

Q1.Explai
nthet er
msr esour
ceconser
v at
ionandsustai
nabledevelopment .
Answer. 
Resourceconservat
ioni
stheconceptofusingresourcescarefull
ysothatt
heydo
notendupqui ckly
.Thefutur
egenerat
ionsalsoneedtheresources,butifwekeepusing
them atafastpace,t
heymayendup, thusposingprobl
emsf orthefuture.

Weshoulduseresour
cesinsuchabalancedwaythatwesati
sfyourneedsaswel
las
conser
vethem f
orfut
ure.Thi
sconcepti
scall
edsustai
nabl
edevelopment.

Q2.Whyar
ehumanbei
ngsr
esour
ces?
Answer .
 Humanbeingsarei
ntel
l
igentli
vi
ngbeings.Theycanuset hei
rint
ell
igencetoreal
ise
theutil
it
yofsubst
ances.Hadtherebeennohumans, theresour
ceswoul dnothav ebeen
resources.Humanbeingsar
einter
dependentoneachot her
,andtheyproveusef ult
oeach
other.Forexampl
e,apostmanrendersusanimpor t
antservi
ce,soheisar esource.

Q3.Explai nhowr esourcesar eclassifi

edbr oadl y.
Answer .
 Resour cesarebr oadlyclassif
iedintonat ural
,human- madeandhuman.Nat ural
resourcesar ethosethatar etakenf rom natur e.Theyareusedwi t
houtmodifyi
ngt hem, i.
e.i
n
thesamef orm astheyexi stin.Rivers,
lakes, air,
soil
s,minerals,t
rees,mountai
ns, etc.are
naturalresources.Human- mader esourceshav enotbeenpr ov i
dedtousbynat ure.Human
beingshav eusedt heirintel
li
gencet omanuf acturethem fortheirownuse.Exampl esincl
ude
vehicl
es, buil
dings,r
oads, tel
ephone, etc.
Humanr esourcesincludepeopl ewhoser veusi nanyway .At eacher,
doctor
,carpent er,
cobbler,etc.arehumanr esources.

Q4.Wr iteashortnoteont hesignif

icanceofti
meandt echnol
ogyinmaki ngasubst ancea
resource.
Answer . 
Timeandt echnologyareimpor t
antf
act orsinmaki ngsubstancesresources.With
ti
me, technol
ogydev elops.Astechnologydevelops, webegintodiscovernewway stomake
l
ifebet t
er.I
nthisprocess,cert
ainsubstanceswhi chwer euselesstousear l
ierbecome
useful
.Ani nventi
onanddi scoverygivesusnewr esources.Anexampl eishydroel
ectri
cit
y.
Thistechnologyhasmadewat erasour ceofelect r
ici
ty.

Q5.Ashumanbei ngs,howcanweensur esustainabl

edevel
opment ?
Answer.
 Si
ncewel i
veont heearth,i
tisourdutytopract
icesust
ainabl
edev
elopment
.We
candothisbyensuri
ngt hat
:
(a)Theusageofrenewableresourcesissustai
nable,
(b)Thediv
ersi
tyofli
feonear t
hismai nt
ained,
(c)Thedamagecausedt onaturebyouract i
vit
iesisasl
owaspossi bl
e.

LONGANSWERTYPEQUESTI
ONS

Q1.Descr ibehowr esour cesar ecl assified.

Answer .
 Resour cesar ebr oadlycl assifiedint onat ur
al, human- madeandhuman.Nat ural
resour cesar ethoset hatar et akenf rom nat ur e.Theyar eusedwi t
houtmodi fyingt hem, i
.e.i
n
thesamef orm ast heyexi stin.Ri vers,lakes, air,soi
ls, minerals, t
rees,mount ains, etc.are
nat uralresources.Human- mader esour ceshav enotbeenpr ov idedt ousbynat ure.Human
beingshav eusedt hei rintel
li
gencet omanuf act urethem f orthei rownuse.Exampl esinclude
vehi cl
es, buil
dings, roads, tel
ephone, etc.
Humanr esourcesi ncludepeopl ewhoser v eusi nanyway .At eacher ,doctor, carpent er,
cobbl er,etcarehumanr esour ces.
Ont hebasi sofl evel ofdev elopment ,
ar esour cecanbeact ualorpot ent i
al.Anact ual resour ceisonewhi chisusedcur rent l
y.We
knowt heirquant it
y .Apot enti
al resour cei sonewhoseut il
it
yisnotknownatpr esentori s
notuseddespi tehav i
ngut i
li
ty;insteadi tmaybeusef ul atsomet i
mei nf uture.Itmeanst hat
i
thast hepot ent i
al tohav eutili
ty,althoughi tdoesnothav eanyt oday .
Ont hebasi sofor igin, aresour cecanbeabi ot icorbi otic.Abiot icresour ceisonet hathas
l
ife.Anabi oti
cr esour cei snon- li
v i
ng.Nat ural resour cesmayal sobecl assifi
edasr enewabl e
andnon- renewabl e.Ar enewabl eresour cecanbeusedwi t
houtanyr i
skofi tsendi ngup.
Theyexi stinunl i
mi tedquant i
ty.Ont heot herhand, useofnon- renewabl eresour cesneedt o
becont roll
edsi nceoncet heyendup, t
heycannotber enewed.
Ont hebasi sofdi stribution,ar esour cecanbeubi quitousorl ocal i
sed.Aubi quitousr esource
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sfoundev
ery
wher
e.Al
ocal
i
sedr
esour
cei
showev
erf
oundi
ncer
tai
npar
tsoft
hewor
ldonl
y.