What are natural resources?
Natural resources are materials and substances occurring in nature that can be exploited for economic gain or used to support life. These include both renewable resources like sunlight, wind, forests, and freshwater, which can regenerate or replenish themselves over time, and non-renewable resources like fossil fuels, minerals, and metals, which exist in finite quantities and take millions of years to form. Natural resources provide the raw materials for human civilization—energy, food, building materials, and countless industrial products. They also include ecosystem services like clean air, water purification, pollination, and climate regulation. Sustainable management of natural resources is critical because human activities are consuming many resources faster than they can regenerate, leading to depletion, environmental degradation, and conflicts over access to essential materials.
Suggested Q&A
General · Class 12- GeneralClass 12Electric Field at Centre of Ring with Non-Uniform Charge Distribution. Four quadrants carry linear charge densities: +2λ, −2λ, +λ, −λ. Find electric field at centre.
- GeneralClass 12P°(hexane) = 408 Torr, P°(heptane) = 141 Torr. x(hexane) = 0.300. Find Y₆ and Y₇.
- GeneralClass 122N₂O₅(g) → 4NO₂(g) + O₂(g). Initial P = 50 mmHg; P at 30 min = 87.5 mmHg. Find P at 60 min.
- GeneralClass 12What is the difference between psychosis and neurosis?
- GeneralClass 12What is the difference between prism and a pyramid?
- GeneralClass 12What is the difference between phrase and clause?