Question

Classify resources on the basis of origin and availability.

Answer 1

Resource classification:

1. A resource is any physical material that is a part of our planet, earth, that humans value or require.
2. On the basis of tier availability, resources can be classified into two types: Renewable and nonrenewable resources.
3. Resources are divided into two categories based on their origin: biotic and abiotic resources.

Abiotic resources:

1. Abiotic refers to non-living things that exist apart from living things.
2. Land, water, air, and minerals such as gold, iron, silver, and copper are examples of abiotic resources.

Biotic resources:

1. Biotic resources are those resources that are obtained from the biosphere.
2. Forests, wildlife, humans, fisheries, and livestock, among other things, provide these resources.
3. These resources can only be accessed by living things.

Renewable resources:

1. A natural resource that can be replenished to replace the portion used up by usage and consumption is known as a renewable resource, also known as a flow resource.
2. This replenishment can occur naturally through reproduction or through other recurring processes in a limited amount of time on a human time scale.
3. These are referred to be permanent resources when the rate of resource recovery is unlikely to ever exceed a human time scale.
4. The natural environment of the Earth and the main elements of its ecosphere are renewable resources.
5. A resource's sustainability can be determined in large part by looking at its life-cycle assessment.
6. Renewable resources include solar energy, wind, falling water, the heat of the earth (geothermal), plant materials (biomass), waves, ocean currents, temperature differences in the oceans, and the energy of the tides.

Non-renewable resources:

1. A natural resource that cannot be easily replaced by natural means quickly enough to keep up with us is referred to as a non-renewable resource (also known as a finite resource).
2. Fossil fuels made of carbon are one instance.
3. With the use of heat and pressure, the original biological substance transforms into fuel like gas or oil.
4. Non-renewable resources include earth minerals and metal ores, fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, and natural gas), and groundwater in specific aquifers.
5. There are four major types of nonrenewable resources: oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy