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8 Resources
Natural

Meaning of Natural Resources
Types of natural resources–renewable and non-renewable

Conservation of resources

Water resources

Nature has gifted us with many useful things such as air, water, minerals, plants,
animals, birds and so on. We depend on these for our daily needs. These valuable

substances that exist in a country’s land and sea are called natural resources.

Types of Natural Resources

These are two types of natural resources-
renewable and non-renewable. Renewable

resources are those that will either never
run out (for example, the sun) or are

constantly renewed by natural process
(for example, water is renewed by rain).

Animals, crops, forest, water, soil and
sunlight of renewable resources.

Non-renewable resources are those which
once used up, are exhausted, and are either not renewed by nature, or renewed

very slowly over millions of years. Examples are fuels like coal and petroleum, and
minerals like gold, iron and copper.

Good to Know :

Petroleum, coal and natural gas are known as Fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are formed

over millions of years from the remain of plants and animals. Since it takes many, many
years for fossil fuels to form, they are known as non-renewable natural resources.

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