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    Natural Resources Lec2

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    Natural resources can be divided into renewable, non-renewable, and cyclic categories. Renewable resources like forests can regenerate with use while non-renewable resources such as coal formed over thousands of years and deplete with excessive use. Cyclic resources like water can be reused after purification. Key natural resources that sustain life include the atmosphere providing oxygen, hydrosphere supplying fresh water, lithosphere with fertile soil, and biosphere generating food and fuel through ecosystems. Natural processes like the hydrological and rock cycles also regulate these critical resources.

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    Natural resources can be divided into renewable, non-renewable, and cyclic categories. Renewable resources like forests can regenerate with use while non-renewable resources such as coal formed over thousands of years and deplete with excessive use. Cyclic resources like water can be reused after purification. Key natural resources that sustain life include the atmosphere providing oxygen, hydrosphere supplying fresh water, lithosphere with fertile soil, and biosphere generating food and fuel through ecosystems. Natural processes like the hydrological and rock cycles also regulate these critical resources.

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    Natural resources can be divided into renewable, non-renewable, and cyclic categories. Renewable resources like forests can regenerate with use while non-renewable resources such as coal formed over thousands of years and deplete with excessive use. Cyclic resources like water can be reused after purification. Key natural resources that sustain life include the atmosphere providing oxygen, hydrosphere supplying fresh water, lithosphere with fertile soil, and biosphere generating food and fuel through ecosystems. Natural processes like the hydrological and rock cycles also regulate these critical resources.

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    Natural Resources Lec2

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    Natural resources can be divided into renewable, non-renewable, and cyclic categories. Renewable resources like forests can regenerate with use while non-renewable resources such as coal formed over thousands of years and deplete with excessive use. Cyclic resources like water can be reused after purification. Key natural resources that sustain life include the atmosphere providing oxygen, hydrosphere supplying fresh water, lithosphere with fertile soil, and biosphere generating food and fuel through ecosystems. Natural processes like the hydrological and rock cycles also regulate these critical resources.

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    Natural Resources

    Natural Resources??

    • A natural resource may be defined as any material


    given to us by nature which can be transformed in
    a way that it becomes more valuable and useful.
    • On the basis of continuity, the resources are
    classified as under:
    (1) Renewable Resources
    (2) Non-renewable Resources.
    • Renewable Resources: Resources, which can be renewed along
    with their exploitation, are always available for use. Hence they are
    called renewable resources.
    For example, forests are renewable.
    • Non-renewable Resources: The formation of some resources like
    iron ore, coal, mineral oil etc. has taken several thousand years. Once
    they are used in unlimited way, they cannot be easily replaced. Thus,
    their exploitation at large scale will result in their fast depletion. Some
    such resources are called non-renewable resources or exhaustible.
    • Cyclic Resources: For resources there is no final use as they can
    be used continuously. For example, water used in industry and
    domestic ways can be cleaned and used again for similar or other
    purpose. Such resources are given the name of Cyclic Resources.
    1) Atmosphere
    • Oxygen for human respiration (metabolic requirements).
    • Oxygen for wild fauna in natural ecosystems and domestic animals used by man
    as food.
    • Oxygen as a part of carbon dioxide, used for the growth of plants (in turn are
    used by man).
    2) Hydrosphere
    • Clean water for drinking (a metabolic requirement for living processes).
    • Water for washing and cooking.
    • Water used in agriculture and industry.
    • Food resources from the sea, including fish, crustacea, sea weed, etc.
    • Food from fresh water sources, including fish, crustacea and aquatic plants.
    • Water flowing down from mountain ranges harnessed to generate electricity in
    hydroelectric projects.
    3) Lithosphere
    • Soil, the basis for agriculture to provide us with food.
    • Stone, sand and gravel, used for construction.
    • Micronutrients in soil, essential for plant growth.
    • Microscopic flora, small soil fauna and fungi in soil, important
    living organisms of the lithosphere, which break down plant
    litter as well as animal wastes to provide nutrients for plants.
    • A large number of minerals on which ourindustries are based.
    • Oil, coal and gas, extracted from underground sources. It
    provides power for vehicles, agricultural machinery, industry,
    and for our homes.
    4) Biosphere
    • Food, from crops and domestic animals, providing
    human metabolic requirements.
    • Food, for all forms of life which live as interdependent
    species in a community and form food chains in nature
    on which man is dependent.
    • Energy needs: Biomass fuel wood collected from
    forests and plantations, along with other forms of
    organic matter, used as a source of energy.
    • Timber and other construction materials.
    Hydrological cycle
    Rock Cycle

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