Which of the following is a non-renewable resource
A) Wood
B) Water
C)copper
D)biomass
Answers
A non- renewable source is a particular source that cannot be rejuvenated within a short duration. These resources again take hundreds of years to form again in this environment.
Hence it is ideal to conserve the ‘non-renewable resources’ and also to utilize them to their fullest extent by recycling them.
Amongst the given options copper is a non-renewable metallic resource that takes several years to form again in the earth’s crust by compression of the fossils buried inside.
Copper is a non-renewable source of energy.
EXPLANATION:
Non-renewable sources of energy are the one that cannot be recreated or reformed within a short time period. These sources take a lot of time to form again in the environment.
Non-renewable sources like renewable sources cannot be reused again and again from the environment. Copper is present in the earth’s crust that takes several years to form when compression of fossils takes place.