This is a crossword puzzle from the NCERT textbook. The answers are derived from key concepts in the chapter: (i) Resources are defined as natural endowments including land, water, vegetation and minerals; (ii) Oil is explicitly mentioned as a resource that can get exhausted, making it non-renewable; (iii) Black soil has high water retaining capacity and is mentioned in the context; (iv) Laterite soils are intensively leached soils formed in monsoon climates; (v) Afforestation refers to plantation of trees on a large scale to check soil erosion, related to shelter belts mentioned in context; (vi) Alluvial soils are found in the Great Plains of India formed by river deposits.