MEANING OF NATURAL RESOURCES

• Natural resources

  Natural resources are natural assets occurring in nature that can be used for economic production or consumption.
• They are classified into

  renewable resources and non - renewable resources
• Examples of renewable resources


  Plants, animals, soil, water, geothermal energy, wind energy, solar radiation
• Examples of non - renewable resource


  All minerals, coal, crude oil and natural gas
• Definition of renewable resources


  Renewable resources are resources which can be replenished by nature
• Definition of non - renewable resources

  non -renewable resources are resources that cannot be regenerated by nature and exist in limited amount