Question

3 differences between actual and potential resources

Answer 1

Natural resources are classified into different groups depending upon their level of development and use;origin; stock and distribution. 
On the basis of their development and use resources 
can be classified into two groups, ACTUAL resources and POTENTIAL resources. 
Actual resources are those resources whose quantity is known. These resources are being used in the present. The rich deposits of coal in Ruhr region of Germany and petroleum in the West Asia, the dark soils of the Deccan plateau in India are all actual resources. 

Answer 2

actual -

resources quantified for actual use

resources that have been surveyed

the resources which are used presently .


potential -


the resources which exist in nature, but their quality and quantity have not been ascertained

resources that have not been surveyed

the resources which are not yet used