Question

Which of the following results in the depletion of resources?

• A. Clearing of forests
• B. Mining of coal
• C. Building of wind mills
• D. Dumping industrial waste in water

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (D)

The correct options are
A Clearing of forests
B Mining of coal
D Dumping industrial waste in water

Wind is an example of a inexhaustable resource, i.e, a resource that never gets depleted. Winds will not stop blowing regardless of how much energy we extract using windmills.

In all the other cases, the resources will get exhausted. In case of dumping industrial waste in water, it reduces the amount of fresh water that can be consumed by living organisms.