Solution of Chapter 1. Resources (Resources and Development Book)

Chapter Exercises

Let's do Pg-1
Activity
Let's do Pg-3
Let's do Pg-4
Exercise
For Fun

Let's do Pg-1

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List out five resources you use in your home and five you use in your classroom.

Activity

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Circle those resources from Amma’s list that have no commercial values:

Amma’s list: Cotton cloth, iron ore, intelligence, coal deposits, beautiful scenery, agricultural land, clean environment, old folk songs, good weather, resourcefulness, a good singing voice, grandmother’s home remedies, affection from friends and family. Ans. Old folk songs, good weather, a good singing voice, grandmother’s home remedies, affection from friends and family.

Let's do Pg-3

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Think of a few renewable resources and mention how their stock may get affected by overuse.

Let's do Pg-4

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Make a list of five human-made resources that you can observe around you.
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What are the principles of Sustainable Development?

Exercise

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Why are resources distributed unequally over the earth?
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What is resources conservation?
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Why are human resources important?
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What is sustainable development?
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Tick the correct answer:

(i) Which one of the following does not make substance a resources?


(a) utility


(b) value


(c) quantity
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(ii) Which one of the following is a human made resources?

(a) Medicines to treat cancer


(b) Spring water


(c) Tropical forests
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(iii) Complete the statement: Biotic resources are

(a) Derived from living things


(b) Made by human beings


(c) Derived from non-living things
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Differentiate between the following:

(a) Potential and actual Resources


(b) Ubiquitous and localized resources
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Activity

“Rahiman paani raakhiye


Bin Paani sab soon,


Paani gaye na ubere


Moti, Manus choon”


(says Rahim, keep water, as without water there is nothing. Without water, pearl, swan and dough cannot exist)


These lines were written by the poet Abdur Rahim Khankhana, one of the nine gems of Akbar’s court. What kind of resources is the poet referring to? Write in 100 words what would happen if this resources disappeared.

For Fun

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Pretend that you live in the prehistoric times on a high windy plateau. What are the uses you and your friends could put the fast winds to? Can you call the wind, a resources?

Now imagine that you are living in the same place in the year 2138. Can you put explain why the wind is an important resources now?
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Pick up a stone, a leaf, a paper straw and a twig. Think of how you can use these as resources. See the example given below and get creative!


You can use a stone….. Use/Utility


To play stapu toy


A a paper-weight tool


To crush spices tool


To decorate your garden/room decoration piece


To open a bottle tool


In a catapult weapon


You can use a leaf Use/Utility