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Classify the following resources as exhaustible and inexhaustible natural resources:
Wind, petroleum, coal, natural gas, sunlight, forests, water, minerals.

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Exhaustible: petroleum, coal, natural gas, forests, minerals, water
Inexhaustible: wind, sunlight
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Exhaustible: petroleum, coal, natural gas, forests, minerals
Inexhaustible: wind, sunlight, water
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Exhaustible: petroleum, coal, natural gas, forests, wind
Inexhaustible: sunlight, water, minerals
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Exhaustible: petroleum, coal, natural gas, forests, minerals, wind
Inexhaustible: sunlight, water
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Solution

The correct option is A Exhaustible: petroleum, coal, natural gas, forests, minerals
Inexhaustible: wind, sunlight, water
An inexhaustible resource is one that can be replenished, while an exhaustible resource cannot be replenished. Wind, sunlight and water are inexhaustible resources while petroleum, coal, natural gas, forests and minerals are exhaustible resources.

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