Renewable resources and nonrenewable resources
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RESOURCES :- Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, provided, it is technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally acceptable is called as 'Resource'.
CLASSIFICATION OF RESOURCES :-
i) Natural :- Renewable and Non-Renewable
ii) Human :- Structures and institutions , and Quantity and Quality.
On the basis of Exhaustibility :-
The resources which can be reproduced by physical , chemical, or mechanical processes are known as renewable resources.
Examples :- Solar and Wind energy , wildlife and forests, water etc.
These occur over a very long geological time. Those resources which takes million of years in their formation are known as non-renewable resources.
Examples :- Minerals and fossil fuels etc.
Renewable resources:
Some resources, like sunlight, wind, water and sand, do not get exhausted even after continuous the use. These inexhaustible are resources. Some resources are limited in supply and get diminished after every use but they have the capacity to reproduce and regenerate within a period of time. They are called renewable resources. They include biotic resources like plants, animals and humans.
Non-renewable resources:
Some resources resources get completely exhausted after use and cannot be replaced. These are the exhaustible or non-renewable resources. They include all minerals like iron, copper and fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and natural gas. Some of the minerals like iron, gold and silver can be recycled with the help of technology. Fossil fuels, however, cannot be recycled.
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