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Which of the following options has a pair of exhaustible natural resources?

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Coal and Soil
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Air and Sunlight
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Water and Petroleum
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Forests and Minerals
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Solution

The correct option is D Forests and Minerals
Exhaustible resources or nonrenewable resources are those which cannot renew themselves upon consumption. Natural resources such as coal, petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas take thousands of years to form naturally and cannot be replaced as fast as they are being consumed.
Use of these natural resources leads to their depletion. Inexhaustible resources include solar, wind and hydroelectric power, which naturally replenish, or timber, which can be replenished through proper management.

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