what is resources? what are the characteristics of recource
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Resources have three main characteristics: utility, limited availability, and potential for depletion or consumption. Resources have been variously categorized as biotic versus abiotic, renewable versus non-renewable, and potential versus actual, with more elaborate classifications
Answer:
Explanation:
Resources are the material that is obtained or extracted from nature and is converted into the substance to be used as the energy-giving products.
Further,
Resources can be classified as Renewal/ Conventional Resources and Non- Renewal/ Non- Conventional Resources.
•Renewable resources are the resources that are freely available in the environment. These resources can be used again and again. Solar energy is one of the resources under renewal resources. But, the conveying these resources to opt the desired energy is a task. For example - Water, Wind, and Sun.
•Non-Renewable Resources - These are the resources that can be utilized up to the limited time periods. These resources take 1000 years' time for the formation. These are represented in nature in an accrued form. These are the universal applicable resources.
Characteristics of resources -
• They are the essential elements to fulfill the needs for energy.
• Resources can be utilized up to certain limits.
• These are natural in nature due to extracting from the environment.