Exercise 1

All the abiotic resources have the capacity to reproduce and regenerate.

Gandhi said, "there is enough for everybody's need and not for anybody's greed." Earlier humans adopted simple lifestyle by consuming minimum resources from nature. With the advancement in technology. our resource consumption has increased manifold. It created a void in nature. At present, resources are depleting at a fast rate resulting in climate change, loss of biodiversity and dearth of resources. There is a tremendous consumption of water, energy, food and minerals. For a sustainable society, we all have to change our lifestyle.

As a young Indian how can you contribute in reversing the adverse impact of human interference on environment?

Gandhi said, "there is enough for everybody's need and not for anybody's greed." Earlier humans adopted simple lifestyle by consuming minimum resources from nature. With the advancement in technology. our resource consumption has increased manifold. It created a void in nature. At present, resources are depleting at a fast rate resulting in climate change, loss of biodiversity and dearth of resources. There is a tremendous consumption of water, energy, food and minerals. For a sustainable society, we all have to change our lifestyle. Especially, the youth has to reduce consumption of resources so that production can be controlled. Minimise the wasteful consumption of resources for a better tomorrow. Adopt sustainable consumption pattern. We have only habitable planet. Care for it. Highlight any two advantages of sustainable lifestyle.

On an outline political map of the world, show any three developed and developing countries each.

Forests are vast repositories of natural resources that humans have been using for different purposes. Find out: 

The five products of forests we consume as eatables.

Discuss how human-made resources are different from human resources.

Gandhi said, "there is enough for everybody's need and not for anybody's greed." Earlier humans adopted simple lifestyle by consuming minimum resources from nature. With the advancement in technology. our resource consumption has increased manifold. It created a void in nature. At present, resources are depleting at a fast rate resulting in climate change, loss of biodiversity and dearth of resources. There is a tremendous consumption of water, energy, food and minerals. For a sustainable society, we all have to change our lifestyle. Especially, the youth has to reduce consumption of resources so that production can be controlled. Minimise the wasteful consumption of resources for a better tomorrow. Adopt sustainable consumption pattern. We have only habitable planet. Care for it. Technological advancement is a boon as well as a bane to human civilisation. Give one example each to support the statement.

Differentiate between Potential and Developed Resources.