NOTES ON NATURAL RESOURCES

NATURAL RESOURCES

NEW WORDS

    1.Natural

    2.Renewable

    3.Conservation

    4.Generation

    5.Depleted

    6.Restored

    7.Consumption

    8.Converse

    9.Abundant

   10.Dependence

   11.Recycle

   12.Petroleum

   13.Leather

   14.Furniture

   15. Resources

Fill in the blanks

1. Natural resources are of great importance.

2. Coal, oil and petrol are used to increase our

comfort.         

3. Sunlight, air , water, soil , rocks, animals,

 plants, coal and minerals are natural resources.

Answer the following

Q1. What are natural resources? Give some example of natural resources.

Ans. Natural resources are the things that we can use and get from the nature. Sunlight, air, water, soil, rocks, animals, plants, coal and minerals are some examples of natural resources.

Q2. Name the types of Natural Resources.

Ans. There are two types of natural resources:

      a- Renewable Resource and

      b- Non-Renewable Resource

Q3. What are renewable resources? Give two examples.

 Ans. Renewable resources are the resources which are replaced naturally and are available in abundant. Examples -  Air, Water, Sunlight

Q4.  What are non-renewable resources? Give two examples.

 Ans. Non-Renewable resource is a resource that once consumed, cannot be replaced or it can be replaced very slowly by natural processes. Their stock or reserves are limited or fixed. 

Examples -  Coal, Petrol.

Q5. State the use of natural resources.

Ans. The uses are:

No.	Natural  resources	Uses
1	Plants	used for food, paper, furniture, clothing, etc.
2.	Animals	Such as cattle for food , dairy products and leather.
3.	Rocks and minerals	For making metals, pottery, glass and ceramics.
4.	Oil and Petroleum	Used as fuel and for transportation.
5.	Air	All plants, humans and animals use oxygen to breath.

 Q6. How can we conserve natural resources from depletion?

Ans. We can conserve our natural resources by u

sing them efficiently and effectively. We can also follow the 3R’S.

Q7. What do the 3 R's mean?

Ans. I)-Reduce- throw less waste

  ii)-Reuse- use the things into new way

 iii)-Recycle- Turn something old into something new.

Q8. Our dependence on nature is generating many environment related problems. List two problems.

 Ans. i-More pollution due to deforestation,

         ii-Water scarcity

GIVE REASON

Q1. Conservation of natural resources is important.

Ans. Our consumption of natural resources is very fast. It cannot be restored back in the environment with same speed and thus all our natural resources is depleting and nothing will be left for the future generation. So, it is necessary to conserve our natural resources.