Class 8 Geography
Question 1: Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
Answer: Earth has different topography, climate and altitude at different places. Difference in these factors has resulted in unequal distribution of resources over the earth.
Question 2: What is resource conservation?
Answer: Saving resources for the future generations is called conservation.
Question 3: Why are human resources important?
Answer: Human resources make it possible to extract value from all other resources. Hence, human resources are important.
Question 4: What is sustainable development?
Answer: Making a balance between our need and conservation of resources is called sustainable development.
Question 1: Which one of the following does NOT make substance a resource?
Question 2: Which one of the following is a human made resource?
Biotic resources are ..............
Question 1: Potential and actual resources
Answer: Resources whose quantity is known and which are being used at present are called actual resources. On the other hand, resources whose quantity is not known and which are not being used at present are called potential resources.
Question 2: Ubiquitous and localised resources
Answer: Ubiquitous resources are available everywhere, while localized resources are available at select locations.
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