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What is natural resource? Why is it precious?

Answer

(i) The natural things which satisfy all the basic needs of man are called natural resources.
(ii) Natural resources get developed by laws of nature.
(iii) It takes thousands of years to develop and produce the natural resource.
(iv) The existence of mankind is entirely dependent on the natural resources from the Earth.
(v) Thus, these resources are very important for the life on this planet.

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