Exercises
(A) What is the use of the following resources?
1. Water → Used for drinking, irrigation, industries, and daily household work.
2. Forests → Provide wood, fruits, medicine, rubber, and habitat for animals.
3. Animals → Used for transportation, milk, meat, wool, leather, and farming.
4. Minerals → Used in making metals, fuel, medicines, and chemicals.
5. Land → Used for agriculture, housing, industries, and forests.
(B) Complete the following flow chart:
Natural Resources
├── Soil → Agriculture
├── Air → Respiration
├── Water → Drinking, Irrigation
├── Minerals → Metal
├── Vegetation (Plants) → Food, Medicine
├── Animals → Fish, Milk
├── Land → Housing, Farming
(C) Answer the following questions:
1. What factors influence the formation of soil?
- Soil formation depends on rocks, climate, organic matter, land slope, and time.
2. Which products are obtained from forests?
- Forests provide wood, rubber, honey, fruits, medicinal plants, and resin.
3. What are the uses of minerals?
- Minerals are used to make metals, machines, chemicals, and fuels.
4. What are the purposes for which land is used?
- Land is used for farming, construction, roads, forests, and industries.
5. Why is it necessary to conserve natural resources?
- Natural resources are limited, and their misuse harms the environment. Conservation ensures future generations can use them.
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