Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which of these have some utility?
(a) Water
(b) electricity
(c) Vegetables
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 2.
Which of these have economic value?
(a) Landscape
(b) Home remedies
(c) Metals
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Metals
Question 3.
Resources are distributed unequally over the earth because of
(a) the different natural conditions
(b) level of development
(c) technological levels
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (a) the different natural conditions
Question 4.
Resources drawn from nature and used without much modification are called
(a) human made resources
(b) natural resources
(c) cultural resources
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) natural resources
Question 5.
The basis of classification of resources are
(a) level of development and use
(b) origin
(c) stock and distribution
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (d) all of these
Question 6.
The resources whose quantities are known, named as
(a) potential resources
(b) actual resources
(c) stock
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (b) actual resources
Question 7.
Give an example of biotic resources.
(a) rocks
(b) minerals
(c) soils
(d) animals
Answer
Answer: (d) animals
Question 8.
Coal is an example of
(a) renewable resources
(b) non-renewable resources
(c) human resources
(d) potential resources
Answer
Answer: (b) non-renewable resources
Question 9.
Technology is an example of
(a) natural resources
(b) human made resources
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) human made resources
Question 10.
Resources used carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called
(a) resource depletion
(b) resource conservation
(c) resource pollution
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) resource conservation
Question 11.
Balancing the needs to use resources and also conserve them for future generation is called
(a) development
(b) devaluation
(c) sustainable development
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (c) sustainable development
Match the followings:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Natural resources | (а) Water, soil, forest |
| (ii) Actual resources | (b) Black soil of Deccan trap |
| (iii) Potential resources | (c) Water, air, land, soil |
| (iv) Abiotic resources | (d) Plants, animals, insects, worms, etc. |
| (v) Biotic resources | (e) High speed winds two hundred years ago |
| (vi) Renewable resources | (f) Soil, rocks, minerals |
| (vii) Non-renewable resources | (g) Coal, petroleum, natural gas |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Natural resources | (c) Water, air, land, soil |
| (ii) Actual resources | (b) Black soil of Deccan trap |
| (iii) Potential resources | (e) High speed winds two hundred years ago |
| (iv) Abiotic resources | (f) Soil, rocks, minerals |
| (v) Biotic resources | (d) Plants, animals, insects, worms, etc. |
| (vi) Renewable resources | (а) Water, soil, forest |
| (vii) Non-renewable resources | (g) Coal, petroleum, natural gas |
State whether true or false:
1. Non-renewable resources have unlimited stock.
Answer
Answer: False
2. The uranium found in Ladakh is an example of potential resources.
Answer
Answer: True
3. Ubiquitous resources are found everywhere.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Air is commercially valuable.
Answer
Answer: True
5. Human resource refers^ to the number and abilities of the people.
Answer
Answer: True
6. Resources are equally distributed all over the earth.
Answer
Answer: False
Fill in the blanks:
1. ……………….. resources are derived from living things.
Answer
Answer: Biotic
2. Localised resources are found only in ……………….. places.
Answer
Answer: certain
3. The example of human resource is ………………..
Answer
Answer: people
4. Solar and wind energy is an example of ………………..
Answer
Answer: Renewable resources
5. Anything that is used to satisfy a need is called a ………………..
Answer
Answer: resource
6. Petroleum in ……………….. is an example of actual resources.
Answer
Answer: West Asia
7. ……………….. is the application of latest knowledge and skill is doing or making things.
Answer
Answer: Technology