Question

Forest is an

• A. Exhaustible resource
• B. Renewable resource
• C. Inexhaustible resource
• D. Both A and B

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both A and B

Resources which get exhausted and are not available in nature in plenty and are known as exhaustible natural resources. They take longer to get replenished. For example, coal, petroleum, forest, minerals, etc. A renewable resource is an organic natural resource which can replenish to overcome usage and consumption, either through biological reproduction or other naturally recurring processes. Forests are renewable natural resource capable of providing several major and minor forest products and contribute substantially to economic development. The forests consist of a variety of flora and fauna, which form a rich bio-diversity and play a vital role in the environmental stability and ecological balance.