Renewable and Non-renewable resources — Study Resources & PYQs
Renewable and non-renewable natural resources.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- UNIT 2: Natural Resources - UGC official textbook (Erach Bharucha) (PDF) — The official UGC chapter your syllabus is built from. Covers renewable/non-renewable, mineral resources, food resources and overgrazing. Treat this as the primary text.
- Environmental Science and Engineering - Unit 2, SVCE (PDF) — College lecture notes on the natural resources unit, organised resource by resource. Easier reading than the UGC chapter if you want a quick pass first.
- Environmental Studies notes - Exam Updates (unit-wise) (Article) — Unit-wise notes and downloads for engineering EVS, including the mineral-resources sub-topic (use, exploitation, environmental effects of extraction) with case studies.
- Vedantu - Biogeochemical Cycle & Natural Resources overview (Article) — Basic classification of natural resources into renewable and non-renewable with examples of each.
- Renewable and Non-renewable Resources - Explainer (Video) — Short animated video explaining the Earth's natural resources and the difference between renewable and non-renewable types.
- Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Resources - Types of Natural Resources (Video) — 6th-grade level but clear lesson distinguishing renewable vs non-renewable natural and energy resources.
Taught in these subjects
- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT — BCET11 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT — CET6101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE — CET6201 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE — CET6201 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu