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Chapter Test: Resources - Question 1

What makes an object or substance a resource is called _____________

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 1

Utility or usability is what makes an object or substance a resource. Example: water textbook etc.
Some resources have economic value while some do not.  Example: Metals may have an economic value a beautiful landscape may not. But both satisfy human needs so these are considered as resource.
Some resources can become economically valuable with time.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 2

With regard to the Resources a few statements are given, which one among the following is NOT TRUE?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 2

It is true that people are considered as important resources because unlike other resources, human resource can use themselves as well as the other resources also. But, not all kinds of resources can do so. So, people are a very important resource.

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Chapter Test: Resources - Question 3

Name the term given to the resources that are drawn from Nature and used without much modification.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 3

Natural resources are resources that are withdrawn from nature and exist without actions of humankind. This includes all valued characteristics such as magnetic, gravitational, and electrical properties and forces. On earth it includes: sunlight, atmosphere, water, land (includes all minerals) along with all vegetation and animal life that naturally subsists upon or within the heretofore identified characteristics and substances.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 4

Some resources have economic value. From the given list of options, with respect to the given context, which one is closest in meaning to the word 'Value'?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 4

The closest one is worth because as we know that when worth of an object increases its value also increases.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 5

Pick out the correct word from the given list of options and complete the following statement:

A _______________ is anything that can be used to satisfy human wants and has a value.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 5

A resource is any physical material constituting part of Earth that people need and value. Natural materials become resources when humans value them. Some resources are finite, while others can be replenished at varying rates.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 6

Name the term that can collectively refer to consist of all living and nonliving things that surround an organism.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 6

All the living and non-living things that surround an organism make up its environment. The living or the biotic components include the life forms surrounding the organism. These may include plants and other organisms (some of which may be its prey, while some may be its predators). Similarly, the non-living or abiotic things surrounding an organism include the likes of temperature, soil, moisture, wind, light, etc.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 7

Atmosphere maintain the temperature of earth because        

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 7

The Correct Option is B: It absorbs the heat rays

Key Points

  • Atmosphere: 
    • The blanket of air that surrounds the earth is called the atmosphere. 
    • The atmosphere of Earth contains various kinds of Gases like Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, Neon, and several others. 
    • Few of the gases like carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, etc absorb the radiated heat coming out of the atmosphere. These gases are called Greenhouse gases. 
    • So, Greenhouses gases present in the atmosphere, absorb the radiated heat from the earth and maintain the temperature of the earth. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
    • So, the atmosphere maintains the temperature of the earth by absorbing heat using greenhouse gases.

Composition-of-Earth-Atmosphere-Gases

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 8

Water, Electricity, Rickshaw etc have all something in common, they have been used by people and hence they are all examples of

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 8

Utility means: 
1. Business: Large firm that owns and/or operates facilities used for generation and transmission or distribution of electricity, gas, or water to general public.

2. Computing: Auxiliary program that performs a specific useful function to maintain, or augment the efficiency of, a computer system. Utilities range from the small and simple to the large and complex, and from being marginally useful to being indispensable. Functions performed by utilities include data compression, data recovery, disk defragmentation, management of computer resources and files, system diagnosis, virus detection, and numerous other.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 9

From the following which one can be described as a best example for having an economic value

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 9

Water contaminated with iron and manganese often contains iron or manganese bacteria. These bacteria feed on the minerals in the water. They do not cause health problems, but do form a reddish- brown (iron) or brownish-black (manganese) slime in toilet tanks and can clog water systems.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 10

Grandmother's home remedies have no commercial value, but can be patented and sold to become economically valuable. What exactly is the meaning of the word Patent from the following list of options?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 10

Patent is a right on the invention that is if you invent or discover something you register that information in your name that means you are owner of that invention.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 11

Assertion: Fossil fuels are an important source of energy.

Reason: Fossil fuels provide energy to different industries.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 11

The major energy sources are fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gases. They are an important source of energy for modern technology. Fossil fuels are used in industry, thermal plants, agricultural operations, automobiles etc.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 12

Which of the following is not a natural resource?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 12
Resources are assets that are used by the living systems for survival and development. Among the given options minerals, land and water are present in nature itself and are hence natural resources.

Electricity though produced from natural resources it requires different processes to generate electricity and hence is not a natural resource.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 13

Biotic resources are those obtained from the_____.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 13
Biotic resources are those resources which are obtained from the biosphere. They are also known as the living resources. Biotic resources are considered as renewable resources. Plants are the most important biotic resources. The foods, sugars, tea, coffee, medicines are obtained from the plants. Animals also form a major part of the biotic resource of an ecosystem.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 14

Environmental resources include_________.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 14
Environmental resources are those resources which are the elements of the environment.

These are of different types like:

  • Socio-economic resources which includes farms, parks, etc.

  • Cultural resources like archaeological sites. Natural resources like plains, soil, vegetation and wildlife.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 15

In a society,human beings are_________.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 15
The process of transformation of things available in our environment involves an inter- dependent relationship between nature, technology and institutions. Human beings interact with nature through technology and create institutions to accelerate their economic development.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 16

Which of the following is an inexhaustible resource?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 16
Solar radiation is an inexhaustible and renewable source of energy. Soil, Fossil fuels and Minerals, all are exhaustible and their replenishment becomes impossible or very difficult.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 17

Coal, iron ore, petroleum, diesel etc. are examples of_____.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 17
A non-renewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. Most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal are considered nonrenewable resources.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 18

Which of the following combinations is wrong?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 18

Correct answer is C.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 19

Which of the following is/are considered a renewable source of energy?

(i) Wind Energy

(ii) Solar Energy

(iii) Nuclear Energy

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 19

Energy generated by using wind, tides, solar, geothermal heat, and nuclear energy are renewable and inexhaustible sources of energy.

Solar energy: Energy from the sun is called solar energy and it is the most abundant source of energy.

Wind energy: Energy generated by wind. India ranks fifth in wind energy generation. Energy obtained from radioactive elements is called nuclear energy. Name is so called because the nucleus of the atom releases energy by emitting radiation. Such atoms which release energy are called radioactive elements.

 

 

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 20

A common example of an individual-owned and a community-owned resource is _______.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 20
On the basis of ownership resources are classified as follows

(i) Individual: Resources owned by an individual. Example-land owned by a farmer.

(ii) Community: There are resources which are accessible to all the members of the community. Ponds can be owned by a community (villagers) and also by an individual.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 21

Which is a renewable resource?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 21

The resources which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes are known as renewable or replenishable resources. For example, solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife, etc.

 

 

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 22

One of the historical factors causing damage to our resources was__________.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 22

The history of colonization reveals that rich resources in colonies were the main attractions for the foreign invaders. It was primarily the higher level of technological development of the colonizing countries that helped them to exploit resources of other regions and establish their supremacy over the colonies.

For example: The teak plantation in South India had destroyed the habitat of several species during that time.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 23

Coal and petroleum are examples of_________.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 23
Coal and petroleum are categorised as fuel minerals. These are carbonaceous fuels. These are extracted from earth and are formed by fossil decomposition and are hence called fossil fuels. These fuels form a major source of energy. These are also non-renewable because these are the sources that cannot be renewed and are available in limited quantities.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 24

Which of the following can be termed as mechanical failure in wells run dry?

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 24
Wells can be dried due to some mechanical failures which are-

(i) Broken pumps of the wells will cause leakage of water, and it will lead to wastage of water which in turn dry up the wells.

(ii) Electric system failure will lead to wastage of water since water will not reach the destination and starts leaking in the middle of the pipeline.

(iii) Mud, minerals, stones, etc. get accumulated in the well, they will absorb the well water and, well in turn, run dry.

Chapter Test: Resources - Question 25

Minerals are________resource.

Detailed Solution for Chapter Test: Resources - Question 25
Renewable resources are those which get renewed or replenished quickly. for ex- wind energy, solar energy etc.

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