Question

Name two natural resources available on earth.

Answer 1

Renewable exhaustible, e.g., forests.

Non-renewable exhaustible, e.g., fossil fuels.

1. Resources are characterized as renewable or non-renewable.
2. A renewable resource can replenish itself at the rate it is used, while a non-renewable resource has a limited supply.
3. Renewable resources include timber, wind, and solar while non-renewable resources include coal and natural gas.