RESOURCES FROM OCEANS

RESOURCES FROM OCEANS

WHAT ARE RESOURCES FROM OCEANS?

• Ocean Resources are all the natural resources including plant and animal life, minerals, energy sources, and water etc. in the oceans.
• The ocean contains 97% of the planet’s water, making it a vital source of resources for humans.
• Most of these resources are important as used in our day-to-day activities. 

WHAT ARE MARINE MINERALS?

• These resources are accumulations of minerals that form at or below the seabed.
• Metals, minerals, elements, or aggregates can be extracted as a resource from these.
• Examples: Heavy metallic elements, non-metals.

WHAT ARE MARINE RESOURCES?

• These are many things both abiotic and biotic that has utilities to human beings.
• Examples:

• Salt
• Manganese or Magnesia
• Polymetallic Nodules
• Cobalt
• Pearl
• Sulfur
• Diamond
• Monazite sand

• Marine resources can be classified into the following types:

• Biotic Resources
• Abiotic resources
  • Mineral Resources
  •  Energy Resources

WHAT ARE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC RESOURCES?

• Biotic factors are living things within an ecosystem; such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
• Abiotic factors are non-living components; such as water, soil and atmosphere.

WHAT ARE ENERGY RESOURCES?

• Energy resources are all forms of fuels used, either for heating, generation of electrical energy, or for other forms of energy conversion processes.
• Energy resources can be roughly classified in three categories: Renewable, Non-Renewable, and Nuclear.
• Non-renewable- Petroleum and Natural Gas.
• Renewable- Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Winds Energy.