Question

Classify the following items into two categories as Natural Resources and Human made resources: Land Houses Vegetation Machines Coal Nuclear minerals Buildings Factories Wind Fishes Computers Rivers Water Minerals Soil Synthetic materials Mountain Sea Wild life Railway lines Solar power Birds

Answer 1

solar power and building factories

Answer 2

ANSWER:

• Land - Natural

• Houses - Human-made

• Vegetation - Natural

• Machines – Human Made

• Coal - Natural

• Nuclear – Human Made

• Minerals - Natural

• Buildings – Human Made

• Factories – Human Made

• Wind - Natural

• Fishes - Natural

• Computers – Human Made

• Rivers - Natural

• Water - Natural

• Soil - Natural

• Synthetic Materials – Human Made

• Mountain - Natural

• Sea - Natural

• Wild life - Natural

• Railway Lines – Human Made

• Solar Power - Natural

• Birds - Natural

EXPLANATION:

    Natural Resources are those things which exist freely in nature for the use of human and do not need mankind’s action for their production or generation. Human-made resources are those resources which are created by humans to convert and use nature’s gifts, that is, natural resources .