Question

make a list of 20 items of daily use at home and in school and classify them into natural and man made resources?

Answer 1

Man-made resources are- plastic, paper, soda, sheet metal, rubber and brass.

• Examples of natural resources- such as water, crops, sunlight, crude oil, wood and gold.

What are natural and manmade resources?

• Resources provided by nature are called Natural resources.
• Example - Air, Water, Petroleum, Coal. Resources made by human beings are called Manmade resources.

What is the difference between natural and man made materials?

• Natural materials are made from products found in nature, such as wood.
• Human-made materials are not found in nature and are manufactured or created by humans, such as plastic.

What are the human made resources?

• When human use woods, metals, sand, cement, and solar energy to make houses, machinery, cars, bridges, roads, and so on are known to be human-made resources.
• Technology is a human-made resource, too. Most of the human-made resources are renewable.

• Resources are anything that has utility and adds value to your life. Air, water, food, plants, animals, minerals, metals, and everything else that exists in nature and has utility to mankind is a ‘Resource’. The value of each such resource depends on its utility and other factors. For example, metals are gold, silver, copper or bronze have economic value; i.e. they can be exchanged for money. However, mountains, rivers, sea or forests are also resources but they do not have economic value.

• There are two most important factors that can turn any substance into a resource- time and technology. With the help of technology, innovation humans can transform a natural or man-made substance into a resource. Like, minerals, fish or other marine creatures sourced from the sea can be used for our food and medicines. Similarly, time also adds to the value of a resource. For example, fossil deposits of organisms over hundreds of years can turn into fossil fuels.

• Resources is a very broad term, it is basically anything that can be considered a valuable addition. Anything from air to gold is all resources. Let us take a look at the two broad types of resources – natural resources and man-made resources.

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