Question

Conservation is

• A. Protection of natural resources
• B. Management of natural resources
• C. Proper use of natural resource
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

• Conservation means preservation from loss, waste or degradation of a resource, so as to last indefinitely.
• Management of a resource is controlling the use of the resource in such a way so as to provide sustained and equitable availability. The two are important because exhaustible resources are undergoing rapid depletion.
• Lifetime of a resource is the period along the time scale up to which its availability for human use is assured on global basis.
• Depletion time is the period along with the timescale when the availability of resources will decrease to such an extent that it is unable to meet the human requirements.
  Hence, option D is correct.