Renewable & non renewable resources
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The document discusses renewable and non-renewable resources. It defines renewable resources as those that can replenish through natural cycles, such as oxygen, fresh water, and solar energy. Non-renewable resources are divided into those that can be recycled, like metals, and those that cannot due to fixed quantities and our inability currently to recycle them, like coal and natural gas. Sustainable yield is defined as the highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply or causing environmental degradation.
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Renewable & non renewable resources
- 1. Renewable & non-renewable resources Kaustubh J. Sane HJD Institute of Technical Education & Research
- 2. • Resources are a form of energy and matter which is essential for functioning of organism’s population and ecosystem. • A resource is the thing which is received from environment to meet our needs and desires. •
- 3. Classification of Resources • Biotic Resources – Forest, fishes, Wildlife, agriculture etc. Abiotic Recourses Renewable Non- renewable Which can be recycled Which cannot be recycled
- 4. • Renewable Resources • Those sources that can be replenished through relatively rapid natural cycles. • Example: – Oxygen in air – Fresh water – Solar energy – All biological products
- 5. • Sustainable Yield: – The highest rate at which a potentially renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply is called sustainable yield. – Increased rate of use results in environmental degradation.
- 6. • Non-renewable resources-(recycled) – Includes all non-energy mineral resources which occur in the earth’s crust. – Recycling involves collecting and reprocessing a resource in to new products. – Example; ores of copper, aluminum, mercury, deposits of fertilizer nutrients. • Non-renewable resources-(non-recycled) – Resource that exist in a fixed quantity in Earth’s crust. – Non-renewable resources that cannot be recycled are those minerals that at present supplies more 90% of our energy. – Sources like coal, natural gas cannot be recycled once they have been used.