Question

2. Distinguish between the following: (i) Potential and actual resources. (iii) Natural and human-made resources. (ii) Biotic and abiotic resources. (iv) Ubiquitous and localised resources. please tell fast immediately ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Potential resource.

1.A resource whose entire

quantity is not known.

2.Not being used at present

,but could be used in the

future.

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Actual resource

A resource whose quantity is known.

Being used in the present

Answer 2:

Natural resources are the resources that are directly obtained by nature.

human made resources are the resources that are the resources that are converted into final goods and the are use by us.

Answer 3:

The biotic factors refer to all the living beings present in an ecosystem, and the abiotic factors refer to all the non-living components like physical conditions (temperature, pH, humidity, salinity, sunlight, etc.) and chemical agents (different gases and mineral nutrients present in the air, water, soil, etc.)

Answer 4:

Ubiquitous Resource: Resources which are found everywhere are called ubiquitous resource. E.g. air, land, water, etc. (b) Localised Resource: Resources which are found only in certain places are localised resources, like coal, petrol, iron,