Provide definitions and examples for environment, natural resources, renewable resources, non-renewable resources, and man-made resources.

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TOPIC: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

1. Give the meaning of each of the following:

   • a) Environment: The environment refers to all the living and non-living things that surround us, including air, water, land, plants, animals, and human structures.
   • b) Natural resources: Natural resources are materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

2. Mention the two types of natural resources.

   • (i) Renewable resources
   • (ii) Non-renewable resources

3. What are non-renewable resources?

   • Non-renewable resources are natural resources that exist in fixed amounts and are consumed much faster than nature can create them, meaning they will eventually run out.

4. Mention any two examples of renewable resources in the environment.

   • (i) Sunlight
   • (ii) Water (or Wind, Forests, Animals)

5. Why is land regarded as the most important resource?

   • Land is regarded as the most important resource because it provides the space for human settlement, agriculture, industry, and is the source of many other natural resources like minerals and water.

6. Mention any two examples of man-made resources in the environment.

   • (i) Buildings
   • (ii) Roads (or Bridges, Dams, Tools)

7. Give any two ways people use land in your community.

   • (i) For farming/agriculture
   • (ii) For building homes/settlements (or Grazing animals, Mining)

8. Give any two ways people degrade land in the environment.

   • (i) Deforestation (cutting down trees)
   • (ii) Overgrazing (too many animals eating vegetation) (or Poor farming practices, Pollution)

9. Which type of electricity is generated from fast flowing water?

   • Hydroelectric power

10. State any two ways people misuse water bodies in their community.

    • (i) Dumping rubbish/waste into them
    • (ii) Discharging untreated sewage into them (or Washing clothes/vehicles directly in them)

11. Give any two ways one can care for a water source in his/her community.

    • (i) Planting trees around the water source to prevent soil erosion.
    • (ii) Avoiding dumping waste near or into the water source. (or Fencing off the source, Educating others on proper use)

12. Name the largest fish species caught in Uganda's water bodies.

    • Nile Perch

13. Mention any two modern fishing methods.

    • (i) Trawling
    • (ii) Purse seining (or Longlining, Gillnetting)