Resources Class 8 Notes Social Science Geography Chapter 1

Q. Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?

Earth has different topography, climate, and altitude at different places. The difference in these factors has resulted in unequal distribution of resources on the earth.

2.What is resource conservation?

Ans: Saving resources for future generations is called conservation. Example: minerals, water, trees, wildlife, and others.

3.  Why are human resources important?

Ans; Humans as a resource are important because they can extract value from all other resources.
Education and health help in making humans a valuable resource.

Q. What is resource?
Ans:- Resources: A resource is something that has value or can be used to satisfy a need.

*Types of resources: Resources are classified into three types: natural, human-made, and human.

Q. What are natural resources?
Ans: Resources that are taken from nature and used without much modification.
Examples are air, water, soil, minerals, trees, mountains, and rivers.

Q. What are Human-made resources?
Ans: Resources that are created when humans change the original form of natural resources to make them more useful.

Q. What is human resource?
Ans: People, and their mental and physical capacity to work. The business sector considers human resources to be one of the most valuable resources.

Q. What is Resource conservation?
Ans: Important to ensure that resources are available in the future, protect the environment from pollution, and save money and energy.

Q. What is Utility?
Ans: Instead it may be useful at some time in the future.

Q. What is Abiotic Resource?
Ans: An abiotic resource is a non-living resource.

Q. What is a Biotic Resource?
Ans: An abiotic resource is a living resource.

Q. What is a Renewable Resource?
Ans: A renewable resource can be used without any risk of its ending up because it exist in unlimited quantity.

Q. What is a Non-renewable Resource?
Ans: A non-renewable resource is one which is present in limited quantity.

Q. What is value?
Ans: The worth of a substance is assessed based on utility.


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