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The document discusses the importance of natural resources and their finite nature, emphasizing the need for responsible utilization. It classifies land based on various criteria such as relief, fertility, development, ownership, and use. Additionally, it addresses soil composition, factors affecting soil formation, and the concepts of degradation and conservation.

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class 8 notes on GEO CHAPT 2 NATURAL RESOURCES

The document discusses the importance of natural resources and their finite nature, emphasizing the need for responsible utilization. It classifies land based on various criteria such as relief, fertility, development, ownership, and use. Additionally, it addresses soil composition, factors affecting soil formation, and the concepts of degradation and conservation.

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THE EMIRATES NATIONAL SCHOOL- SHARJAH

Class-8: SST Note Book Exercise


Geography: Chapter: 2 NATURAL RESOURCES
The entire life system directly or indirectly depends on natural resources. All
these resources are finite- that they are limited in supply. Therefore, we need to
utilize these resources in a best possible way.
Classification of Land:
1. Based on Relief:
a) Plateau
b) Plains
c) Mountains
2. Based on Fertility:
a) Fertile land
b) Barren land
3. Based on Development
a) Urban land
b) Rural land
4. Based on Ownership
a) Private land
b) Public/ Community land
5. Based on Use
a) Arable land
b) Pasture land
c) forest land
d)Cultivable land
e) Non- agricultural land
SOIL: Soil is unconsolidated particles of fine rock material that covers the
surface of the earth.
Soil Profile

Factors affecting soil formation

Degradation:
Any change in the land that reduces its condition or quality and hence its
productive potential is called degradation.
Conservation:
Protection of resources or Using resources judiciously and giving them time to
get renewed is called conservation. The ways includes- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,
Refuse.

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