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Differentiate between the followings.

Potential and actual resources

Answer

Potential resources

Actual resources

1.Potential resources are those whose entire quantity may not be known and these are not being used at present.

2. These resources could be used in the future.

3. Examples: uranium deposits in Ladakh.

 

1.Actual resources are those resources whose quantity is known.

2. These resources are being used in the present.

3.The rich deposits of coal in Ruhr region of Germany and petroleum in the West Asia, the dark soils of the Deccan plateau in Maharashtra are all actual resources.

 

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Some More Questions From Resources Chapter

Differentiate between the followings.

Ubiquitous and localised resources

Which of these is not a resource?

Which of these does not have economic worth but is valuable?

The types of resources on basis of stock are

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

Which of these is an example of sustainable development?

A substance becomes a resource if it has ___________.

___________ and _____________ are two important factors that can change substances into resource.

On the basis of level of development, resources are classified into __________ and ___________

An actual resource today might have been a ___________ resource some time ago.