Natural Resources Q & A
(A) What is the use of the following resources?
(1) Water
Ans: when we get up in the morning then we keep on using water till we go to bed at night, even we obtain salt from sea water and plants and aquatic animals like fish also live in the water.
(2) Forests
Ans: We collect the wood from the forests for various purposes, In order to fulfill our needs we also obtain products like rubber, resin, fruits, medicinal plants, etc. from the forests. Forests are the shelters of many animals.
(4) Animals
Ans: Animals are used for a variety of reasons like Horses, oxen, camel, asses, etc are used for ploughing, riding, transporting goods, etc and Goats, cows, buffaloes are used as milch animals.Animals provide meat, eggs, bone powder, hide, etc.
(5) Minerals
Ans: We get different metals and chemicals from minerals and some chemicals are used in preparing different medicines.Metallic minerals are used for obtaining different metals such as iron, bauxite, etc and non-metallic minerals are used in obtaining various chemicals like gypsum, rock salt, calcite, etc.
(6) Land.
Ans: Living things that are born on land, grow, live and die on the land itself and land is used for construction as well as trade.
(B) Complete the following flow chart:
(C) Answer the following questions:
(1) What factors influence the formation of soil?
Ans: The formation of soil mainly depends on the original rock, climate, organic components, slope of the land and the time.
(2) Which products are obtained from forests?
Ans: Wood, rubber, resin, fruits, medicinal plants, etc are obtained from forests.
(3) What are the uses of minerals?
Ans: Metallic minerals are used to obtain different metals such as iron, bauxite, etc and non-metallic minerals are used to obtain various chemicals like gypsum, rock salt, calcite, etc.
(4) What are the purposes for which land is used?
Ans: The purposes for which land is used are that the living things that are born on land, grow, live and die on land itself and construction and trade are some other purposes for which land is used.
(5) Why is it necessary to conserve the natural resources?
Ans: It is necessary to conserve the natural resources for our next generation.