Question

Give an account on renewable and nonrenewable energy resources

Answer 1

Renewable resources

1. Renewable resources are resources that are replenished naturally in the course of time.
2. The use of these resources corresponds with the principles of sustainability,
3. because the rate at which we are consuming them does not affect their availability in the long term.
4. RENEWABLE RESOURCES

1. Solar energy

2. Wind energy

3. Geothermal energy

4. Water

5. Air

6. Soil

7. Cultivated Plants

8. Biomass

9. Biofuels

10. Animals

non-renewable resources

1. non-renewable resourcesare those that are available to us in limited quantities,
2. Or those that are renewed so slowly that the rate at which they are consumed is too fast.
3. This means that their stocks are getting depleted before they can replenish naturally.
4. NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES

1. Coal

2. Oil

3. Peat

4. Uranium

5. Gold

6. Aluminium

7. Sand

8. Iron

9. Phosphate rock

10. Rare earth elements