NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Natural resources are materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people’s needs. Any natural substance that humans use can be considered a natural resource. Oil, coal, natural gas, metals, stone and sand are natural resources. Other natural resources are air, sunlight, soil and water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural resources fall into three categories: perpetual renewable resources; intermediate renewable resources and non-renewable resources.

Detailed explanation-3: -Resources are characterized as renewable or nonrenewable; a renewable resource can replenish itself at the rate it is used, while a nonrenewable resource has a limited supply. Renewable resources include timber, wind, and solar while nonrenewable resources include coal and natural gas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Natural and environmental resources generally describe all the elements available in nature that are used or can be used in the economic system. These can be: physical such as soil, water, forests, fisheries, and animals, minerals (e.g. copper, bauxite, etc.); gases (e.g. helium, hydrogen, oxygen, etc.); and.