Class - VIII
Chapter – 1
Resources
Presented by:
Mr.S.Paul
TGT-Social Studies
JNV West Imphal, Manipur
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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.
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
factors that can change a substances into a
resources
Diagram on Types of a Resource
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POTENTIAL RESOURCES
future possibility
Eg; Uranium (Ladakh)
Natural Resources
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without much modification.
(Eg: Water, Air, Soils and Minerals etc.)
Classifications
Development
& Use
ACTUAL RESOURCES
Eg; Coal in Ruhr (Germany)
Petroleum (W.Asia)
Dark soils of the Deccan
Based on their ORIGIN
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Biotic: Living things
Abiotic: Non-Living things
On the
Basis of Stock / Exhaustion
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RENEWABLE RESOURCES
replenished quickly
Eg; Solar, Wind,
soil, forest
and water
etc
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
its formation.
Eg; Coal,
Petroleum &
Natural gas
etc
On the Basis of Distribution
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UBIQUITOUS
Eg: Air, Soil, Water etc
LOCALISED
Eg; Copper, Iron etc
and
Altitude
Classifications of a Resource
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people a valuable resource
people to be the most important resource.
Human
Resources
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Man-made Resources
only when their original form has
been changed
Eg; Buildings, Bridges, roads,
machinery, technology and
Vehicles etc
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:
resources are sustainable.
earth is conserved
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.