Water : Water is used for drinking, bathing, washing clothes, etc. It is also used for farming, carrying out fishing, producing salt, etc.

Forests : Forests are used for gathering products such as fruits, flowers, wood, honey, rubber, resin, latex, etc. Forests are the habitats for many animals.

Animals : Animals are useful for ploughing, riding, transporting goods, etc. They are

also useful for getting products like milk, eggs, meat, bones, hide, wool, etc.

Minerals : Metallic minerals are useful for obtaining various metals and non-metallic minerals are useful for obtaining various chemicals.

Land : Land is used for selling and buying, constructing houses, trading, carrying

business, etc. All living things that are born on land grow, live and die on the land itself.

• Due to continuous variations in temperature, rocks get decomposed.
• Due to rivers, glaciers and wind, rock particles are deposited slowly towards low-lying areas.
• In this Way, the factors like original rock, climate, organic components, slope of land and time influence the formation of soil.

Products obtained from forest: Fruits, Flowers, Wood, Honey, Rubber, Resin, Latex, etc.

• Metallic minerals are used for obtaining different metals such as iron, bauxite, etc.
• Non-metallic minerals are used in obtaining various chemicals. These chemicals are further used for preparing different medicines.

Land : Land is used for selling and buying, constructing houses, trading, carrying business, etc. All living things that are born on land grow, live and die on the land itself.

• Most natural resources are restricted in nature.
• Human population growth and greed have resulted in the exploitation of natural resources. This began to disturb the natural equilibrium.
• As a result, natural resource conservation is essential.