what are natural resources?
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✰ Natural resources are materials and components that can be found within the environment.
✰ Every man made product is composed of natural resources.
✰ A natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water, and air, as well as a living organism such as a fish, or it may exist in an alternate from which must be processed to obtain the resources such as metal ores, oil, and most form of energy.
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naturally occurring material that supports life such as water air and sunlight order source that satisfy human want such as food raw material and mineral fuels are called natural resources.
classification of natural resources
natural resources can be further Classified on the basis of their origin stage of development and renewability these criteria along with the classification of natural resource based on each of these
based on their origin are where they are derived from natural resources can be divided into abiotic and biotic
abiotic resources include land utilised for settlement ,soil for cultivation ,water for survival and Minerals
biotic resource include natural vegetation and forest ,wildlife, aquatic ecosystems of both freshwater and saltwater.
stage of development resource can be classified as potential or actual depending on whether they are being the blood currently or are available for future development.
potential resources are known to exist and have been located butter not being utilised and developed presently they may be developed and utilised in future tidal, solar and geothermal energy resources in most part of the world a potential resource waiting to be tapped
actual resource have been properly surveyed and are being currently used by human example would be the towns of iron ore and coal that are being extracted from the Chota Nagpur Plateau and used in iron and steel plant
the actual use of resource depends on their accessibility, cost of development and utilisation, technology available, market conditions and other Socio economic factor.
renewability
some resources are invisible by natural or human assisted process other and nonrenewable
renewable resource are solar power, wind and tidal energy, crops, forests, fisheries, wildlife, air and water are the examples of renewable resource they can be renewed or replenished in a short period of time they are also more easily available and more widely distributed
Nanu renewable resource are not replaceable amet 1 millions of here to be replenished mineral sources and fossil fuels example of non renewable resource