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Title: Resources


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Resources
  • 3 types
  • Natural Resources
  • Capital Resources
  • Human Resources

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Natural Resources
  • Materials that can be found in nature and
    exploited to make a profit.
  • Example
  • Soil crops
  • Water food and energy

3
  • Renewable Resources
  • Can replace itself within in 50
  • Years Ex. Corn, trees, grass
  • Non-Renewable Resources Cannot replenish in
    50 years (it might still be able to
    replace itself)
  • Ex. Oil

4
Capital Resources
  • Resources a society uses to further the creation
    of wealth
  • A country can be rich in natural resources but
    lack in capital resources
  • Money
  • Machinery
  • Factories

5
Human Resources
  • When there are enough people to form both a pool
    of labour and domestic market for the goods and
    services the country produces
  • They must have a good level of health so they can
    work and raise families
  • They must also be given the opportunity for
    education and training to become productive

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  • Water resources are sources of water that are
    useful or potentially useful to humans.
  • Renewable or Non-renewable?

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Water Potential
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Uses of water
  • Agricultural Household
  • Industrial Environmental activities
  • Recreational Bottled water

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Statistics
  • 97 of water on the Earth is salt water
  • 3 as fresh water (over two thirds is frozen in
    glaciers and polar ice caps.)
  • The remaining unfrozen freshwater is mainly found
    as groundwater, with only a small fraction
    present above ground or in the air

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Sources of fresh water
  • Surface water
  • Under river flow
  • Ground water
  • Desalination
  • Frozen water

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