Natural Resources Classification Quiz

Definition of Resources

• Earth's biosphere offers diverse environments providing essential goods and services.
• Natural resources are components of the environment utilized by humans for welfare.
• Defined as resources obtained from nature crucial for human survival, such as food, shelter, and clothing.
• Exist independently without human intervention; examples include land, soil, water, forests, air, vegetation, and wildlife.

Classification of Natural Resources

• Vary in location, quantity, and quality; categorized by origin, development stage, and renewability.

Classification Based on Source of Origin

• Biotic Resources: Derived from living organisms, including forests, animals, and also fossil fuels (coal, petroleum) formed from decayed organic matter.
• Abiotic Resources: Originating from non-living materials, encompassing land, water, air, wind, and minerals.

Classification Based on Stage of Development

• Potential Resources: Not yet utilized, e.g., petroleum in sedimentary rock.
• Actual Resources: Surveyed, quantified, and currently in use.
• Reserve Resources: Actual resources that can be profitably extracted in the future.
• Stock Resources: Surveyed resources with current technological limitations preventing their use.

Classification Based on Renewability

• Renewable Natural Resources: Available in unlimited quantities and can be replenished through natural or human processes; vital for sustainable use.
  • Examples include crop plants, trees, livestock, air, and solar energy.
  • Focus on conservation ensures use does not exceed natural replenishment rates.
• Non-Renewable Natural Resources: Limited in availability and exhaustible; once depleted, they cannot be replaced.
  • Generally non-living.
  • Examples include metals such as gold and fossil fuels.

Definition of Resources

• Earth's biosphere offers diverse environments providing essential goods and services.
• Natural resources are components of the environment utilized by humans for welfare.
• Defined as resources obtained from nature crucial for human survival, such as food, shelter, and clothing.
• Exist independently without human intervention; examples include land, soil, water, forests, air, vegetation, and wildlife.

Classification of Natural Resources

• Vary in location, quantity, and quality; categorized by origin, development stage, and renewability.

Classification Based on Source of Origin

• Biotic Resources: Derived from living organisms, including forests, animals, and also fossil fuels (coal, petroleum) formed from decayed organic matter.
• Abiotic Resources: Originating from non-living materials, encompassing land, water, air, wind, and minerals.

Classification Based on Stage of Development

• Potential Resources: Not yet utilized, e.g., petroleum in sedimentary rock.
• Actual Resources: Surveyed, quantified, and currently in use.
• Reserve Resources: Actual resources that can be profitably extracted in the future.
• Stock Resources: Surveyed resources with current technological limitations preventing their use.

Classification Based on Renewability

• Renewable Natural Resources: Available in unlimited quantities and can be replenished through natural or human processes; vital for sustainable use.
  • Examples include crop plants, trees, livestock, air, and solar energy.
  • Focus on conservation ensures use does not exceed natural replenishment rates.
• Non-Renewable Natural Resources: Limited in availability and exhaustible; once depleted, they cannot be replaced.
  • Generally non-living.
  • Examples include metals such as gold and fossil fuels.