Question

What are potential resources? plz don't answer in bookish language... answer based on class10 chapter resources

Answer 1

Potential Resources -

These are the resources whose total quantity may not be known.

These resources are not being used at present. These could be used in the future.

Example - Uranium found in ladakh.

Actual resources-

These are the resources whose quantity is known.

These resources are being used in the present.

Example - The rich deposits of caol in Ruhr region of Germany

Answer 2

potential resources are the resources which have the potential to satisfy our needs, but are not being utilised for now.
do not get confused with this and stock. in case of stock, we do not have the technology to access the resource.