CHAPTER 1-RESOURCES

BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, PITAMPURA, DELHI –110034

SOCIAL SCIENCE: CLASS VIII

WEEK 19-4-21 – 23-4-21 No of Blocks -2

SUBTOPICS:
➢ Meaning of the term Resources
➢ Types of Resources
➢ Conserving Resources
➢ Sustainable Development
➢ Principles of sustainable development
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Each student will be able.
➢ List the resources
➢ Examine the factors affecting the utilization of resources.
➢ Classify the resources.
➢ Justify the need for sustainable development and need to conserve the resources.
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
❖ Concept Maps
❖ NCERT- [Link]
❖ You Tube video links: [Link]
ONLINE TOOLS
❖ [Link]
❖ Mind Meister online App.
❖ Extra marks module
 Anything that can be used to satisfy a need and has utility and value is
a resource.

Example: Water, electricity, rickshaw, vegetable and textbook can be used

and therefore have utility.

WHAT IS A
RESOURCE? “Its use or utility gives it a value. All resources have some value.”

Value means worth. Some resources have economic value, some do not.
For example, metals may have an economic value, a beautiful landscape
may not.

Time and technology are two important factors that can change
substances into resources. E.g. Invention of wheel with time resulted in
development of more advanced modes of transport
 HUMAN RESOURCE

It is their ideas, knowledge,

People themselves inventions and discoveries
are the most that lead to the creation of
important resource. more resources.

DISCUSSION: Write how you are being a resource during Corona lockdown.
A B C D

HUMAN RESOURCE - NAME THEM

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F_ _ _ _ _ _
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C______

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Make a pictorial illustration to show how natural substances become resources.
 ➢ Resources that are drawn from nature and used without much
modification are called natural resources.
➢ The air we breathe, the water in our rivers and lakes, the soils,
minerals are all-natural resources.
NATURAL
Types of Natural resources based on exhaustibility:
RESOURCES
Non- Renewable [Link]
Renewable [Link]

➢ Make a list of three natural resources used in daily life in the following format:

Name of the Resource Use of the resource

 TYPES OF RESOURCES
NATURAL RESOURCES CAN BE BROADLY CATEGORIZED INTO RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE
RESOURCES.

Non-renewable resources are those which have a limited stock.

 Once the stocks are exhausted it may take thousands of years to
be renewed or replenished. As this period is much more than
human life spans, such resources are non-renewable.
 Coal, petroleum and natural gas are some examples.
Renewable resources are those which get renewed or
replenished quickly.
 Some of these are unlimited and are not affected by human
activities, such as solar and wind energy.
 Yet careless use of certain resources like water, soil and forest can
affect their stock.
 FACTORS OF DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

The distribution of natural resources depends upon number of physical factors like

● Terrain,

● Climate and Altitude.

● The distribution of resources is unequal because these factors differ so much over the earth.

VALUE EDUCATION: Mention any one duty we must follow that will help us to maintain
and preserve the life support system that nature provides.
HUMAN MADE RESOURCES

Sometimes, natural
Iron ore was not a resource
substances become resources
until people learnt to extract
only when their original form
iron from it.
has been changed.

People use natural resources

to make buildings, bridges,
Technology is also a human
roads, machinery and vehicles,
made resource
which are known as human
made resources.
HUMAN RESOURCE
Human Resource refers to the number (quantity) and
abilities (mental and physical) of the people.

It is the skills of human that help in transferring the

physical material into a valuable resource

People are human resources.

Education and health help in making people a valuable

resource.

Improving the quality of people’s skills so that they can

create more resources is known as human resource
development.
Patent: It means the exclusive right over any idea or
invention.
LIST OUT AT LEAST 5 HUMAN MADE RESOURCES EACH

IN SCHOOL AT HOME
 Using resources carefully and giving them time to
get renewed is called resource conservation

Carefully utilising resources so that besides

CONSERVING meeting the requirements of the present, also
takes care of future generations is known as
RESOURCES sustainable development

Ways of conserving resources - Each

person can contribute by reducing
consumption, recycling and reusing thing.
READ THE CONVERSATION AND LIST OUT WAYS IN
WHICH THE CHILDREN ARE CONSERVING RESOURCES:
That evening the children and their friends made packets and shopping
bags out of old newspapers, discarded clothes and baskets from bamboo
sticks.
“We will give a few to every family we know,” said Mona.

“After all it is for a very good cause,” said Mustafa, “To save
our resources and to keep our earth alive”.
“I am going to be very careful not to waste paper,” said Jessy.
“ Many trees are cut down to make paper,” she explained.
“I will see that electricity is not wasted in my house,” shouted
Mustafa. “Electricity comes from water and coal.”
 PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

 Respect and care for all forms of life

 Improve the quality of human life
 Conserve the earth’s vitality and diversity
 Minimise the depletion of natural resources
 Change personal attitude and practices towards the environment
 Enable communities to care for their own environment.

ACTIVITY: Make a poster to show ‘conservation of energy and water resources’.

To maintain and preserve the life support system that nature provides, it is our duty
to ensure that :
✓ all uses of renewable resources are sustainable
✓ the diversity of life on the earth is conserved
✓ the damage to natural environmental system is minimized.
CONCEPT MAP
 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

1. What are renewable resources?

2. Mention an advantage of renewable resources of energy.
3. What is a resource?
4. Differentiate between renewable resources and non-renewable resources.
5. Why is there uneven distribution of resources in different parts of the world?
6. What is resource conservation?
7. Why are human resources important?
8. What is sustainable development?

Tick the correct answer

i) Which one of the following does NOT make substance a resource?
(a) utility (b) value (c) quantity

ii) Which one of the following is a human made resource?

a) medicines to treat cancer (b) spring water (c) tropical forests (iii) Complete the statement.

iii) Non-renewable resources are

(a) those which have limited stock (b) made by human beings (c) derived from non-living things
Unscramble the letters given in the help box and fill in the blanks:
a) Non renewable resources need to be conserved because they are ______.
b) Conservation of natural resources is essential for______.
c) Using resources carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called _____.
d) Resources that can be used directly from nature______.

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