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Fossil Fuels

Natural resources are those that are available around us naturally. Examples of natural resources includes air, water,
sunlight, soil, etc. Natural resources can further be of two types- exhaustible and inexhaustible resources. Fossil fuels
are the examples of exhaustible natural resources.

Discussion

Jack : Wow! I have got a bike .... Suzi : But you are not yet 18
years old.

Suzi : Then its fine.....

Jack : That’s why it's not for
me......it’s for my elder
brother. Suzi : We will find out...by

reading our chapter
Jack : Ok ! Ok ! But you know fossil fuels...come Jack.
what....I went to the
petrol pump....there a
banner is placed that
says “petrol is an
exhaustible natural
r e s o u r c e , u s e i t
judiciously”. What does
it mean ??

NATURAL RESOURCES Types of Natural Resources : On the basis of
Definition : Those resources that are available renewability of natural resources, they can be

naturally around us are called natural of following two types :
resources. 1. Exhaustible or non-renewable natural
Examples of natural resources include air, resources : These are those resources that

water, wood, coal, petroleum, natural gas, are present in limited quantity in nature
sand, metals, etc. and once exhausted, they are very
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