CBSE Class 10 Geography Chapter 1 "Resources And Development" introduces you to resources and its classification. Furthermore, going into the depth of the chapter, you will learn the development of resources and resource planning in India. In the end, the chapter discusses Soil erosion and soil conservation. All these topics are covered in "Resources And Development Class 10 - Revision Notes, Important Terms with explanations". Go through these Revision Notes and make your studies more effective.
Chapter At A Glance
- Resources satisfy our basic needs.
- Territorial waters include the oceanic area upto 12 nautical miles. (19.2 kms)
- Exclusive economic zone belong to oceanic area upto 200 kms.
- Rajsthan and Gujrat have enormous potential for the development of wind and solar energy.
- First International Earth Summit was held in Rio-de-Janeiro in Brazil in June 1992.
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) was held in 1992.
- States of Jharkand, Chhatisgarh and Madhya Pradesh are rich in minerals and coal deposits.
- Club of Rome advocated resources conservation in 1968.
- India has an area of 43% under plains, 30% under mountains and 27% under plateaus.
Important Terms & Their Explanations
- Environment - Set of surroundings around man.
- Resource - All the useful elements of our environment.
- Biotic Resources - These are living elements.
- Abiotic Resources - These are non-living things.
- Renewable Resources - These are resources which can be reproduced.
- Non-Renewable Resources - These resources cannot be re-generated.
- Individual Resources - These are privately managed resources.
- Community-owned Resources - These resources are used by all the members of a community.
- Potential Resources - The resources which are actually present in an area are potential resources.
- Developed Resources - The resources which can be developed with the use of technology.
- Stock - The resources which can be used but are not used due to lack of technology.
- Reserve - These resources can be used with the technology, but have not been used.
- Sustainable Development - It means the balanced development with the needs of present and of the future.
- Resource Planning - It is the strategy for proper use of resources.
- Soil Erosion - It is the removal of top soil by different agents.
- Gully Erosion - When running water creates ravines.
- Sheet Erosion - When soil is washed away in thin layers by water.
- Contour Ploughing - When ploughing is done at right angle to hill slopes.
- Strip Cropping - When large fields are divided into strips for cultivation.
- Shelter Belts - Rows of trees planted to check winds is called shelter Belts.
- Conservation of Resources - The proper and planned use of resources.
- Afforestation - The planting of trees.
- Ravines - Deep gullies formed by fluvial erosion.
- Soil - The upper-most layer of the crust.
- Technology - Scientific techniques to use resources.
- Flow Resources - Resources which are renewable.
- Fossil Fuels - The energy resources obtained from fossils buried in rocks.
- Nautical Mile - One Nautical Mile = 1.6 miles.
- Territorial water - The oceanic water from the coast upto 19.2 km.
- Exclusive Economic Zone - The oceanic area upto 200 km.
- Global warming - The increasing temperature of the earth on the whole.
- Ozone Layer - The layer of ozone gas in atmosphere.
- Fallow land - Land kept uncultivated for 2 or 3 years to restore its soil fertility.
- Ecological Balance - Balance between environment, organisms and man.
- Deccan trap - An area of igneous rocks formed by Basalt flow.
- Humus - The amount of organic matter in soil.