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Resource: Anything that fulfils human need and has a value.
Commercial resources have a great economic value.— e.g., petroleum, coal, gold, etc.
Non-commercial resources are abundant in nature but are very important for survival.— e.g., air, sunlight
Commercial resource - Coal | Non-commercial resource - Sunlight |
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- Anything becomes a resource when humans find out its value, in other words, when its use is discovered.
- With a change in need, resources keep changing.
Time and Technology are two crucial factors that determine whether a substance is a resource or not.
- Sun’s energy to generate electricity using solar panels - Technology
- Receding of coal and petroleum was in need of an inexhaustible resource - Time
Example:
![shutterstock_1148443280.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/d96325d7-5d9f-45f0-b188-ea9cf78f6e14/shutterstock_1148443280-w300.jpg)
![resources.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/f02297d2-66e0-492b-a113-7a0d12420d12/resources-w600.jpg)