Question

distinguish between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources give two example of each discuss whether renewable resources can ever be exhausted

Answer 1

Renewable resources :-
The resources that can be renewed easily and hence will take a lot of time to deplet.....
These are present in unlimited quantity...
Ex...... Sunlight, water etc...

Non- renewable :-
These are the resources that can be depleted after so much of use..... These resources need immediate help for preservation as once they replenish they will take millions of years to get renewed......
Ex.... Fossil fuels, petroleum etc....

Answer 2

renewable resources are resources that can be renewed within short period of time and there resources are also called inexhaustible resources, they can be renewed by physical, chemical or mechanical process. Ex: solar and wind energy

Resources which are available in fixed quantities, like minerals and fossil fuels, are called non renewable resources or exhaustible resources