Some natural resources are given. Classify them into the exhaustible and inexhaustible natural resources.
Air, Coal, Natural gas, Sunlight, Petroleum, Minerals, Forests and Oxygen.

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Classification of natural resources:
Exhaustible resources Inexhaustible resources
These are the resources which are present in a limited quantity and are easily exhausted by human activities.
They are not further renewed after the exhaustion.
The conservation steps should be taken so that they can be further used in the future.
Therefore, Exhaustible natural resources are Coal, Natural gas, Petroleum, Minerals, and Forests.
These are the resources which are present in an unlimited quantity and so cannot be exhausted by human activities.
These resources have the ability so it can be renewed in a given period of time.
There is not any requirement for the conservation steps as such it can be renewed easily.
Therefore, Inexhaustible natural resources are Air, Sunlight, and Oxygen.

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