NCERT CLASS-8 GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER-1 [RESOURCES] Resource- everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided, it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable can be termed as ‘Resource’. Utility or usability is what makes an object or substance a resource. Value means worth. Some resources have economic value, some do not. For example, metals may have an economic value, a beautiful landscape may not. But both are important and satisfy human needs Patent: It means the exclusive right over any idea or invention. Technology: It is the application of latest knowledge and skill in doing or making things. Time and technology are two important factors that can change substances into resources. Both are related to the needs of the people. People themselves are the most important resource. It is their ideas, knowledge, inventions and discoveries that lead to the creation of more resources. TYP...
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