KRIGYAN

Natural Resources and Their Use

Class 8 · Social Science

1 idea in Class 8 Social Science, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.

Natural Resources: Categories and Uses

Part of: India and the World: Land and the People

A resource must be: (1) technologically accessible, (2) economically feasible, (3) culturally acceptable. Categories by use: essential for life (air, water, soil), for materials (wood, marble, coal, gold), for energy (coal, petroleum, solar, wind). By renewability: renewable (solar, wind, river water, timber if managed); non-renewable (coal, petroleum — formed over millions of years). By origin: biotic (from living organisms — forests, fish); abiotic (non-living — minerals, metals).

Why it matters. Understanding natural resources and their limits helps students appreciate why conservation and sustainability are urgent priorities.

Try it in two minutes

  1. Ask: what three conditions must be met for something to be called a resource?
  2. Ask: give an example of a renewable and a non-renewable resource.
  3. Ask: what is a biotic resource?

Try at home. Ask your child to look at three objects at home and trace each one back to a natural resource.

What your child will practise

  • Natural Resources: Categories and Uses: Desert Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
  • Natural Resources: Categories and Uses: Explorer'S Map Sort (Sort It Out)
  • Natural Resources: Categories and Uses: Ocean Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
  • Natural Resources: Categories and Uses: Time Travel Quest (Match It Up)
  • Quiz: Natural Resources: Categories and Uses (8 questions)