Natural resources

NATURAL RESOURCES
  • Natural resources comprise abiotic resources and biotic resources. Abiotic resources consist of land, water, air , sunlight and minerals. Biotic resources consist of forests with wild plants and animals, human population, coal , oil and natural gas produced million years ago.

Types of Natural resources

  • There are two types of natural resources
    • Renewable natural resources
    • Non-renewable natural resources

Renewable Natural resources

  • They are inexhaustive and can be regenerated within a given span of time. For example, water, air, soil fertility, wild plants and animals, human beings and energy resources like wind energy, tidal energy, hydropower, solar energy and biomass energy.

Non-Renewable Natural resources

  • Non-renewable natural resources are minerals, fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and some species of plants and animals. Sometimes, renewable resources become non-renewable if we exploit them without any control. Some species, if overexploited, become endangered or even extinct.

Natural resources

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