Question

which of the following is an exhaustible natural resource

Answer 1

A correct answer is an option (d): Wildlife and Minerals .It is due to the fact that wildlife can become extinct due to ecological disbalance, Air and water pollution and minerals are being exhausted due to continuous exploitation by mining.

The resource can be exhausted by biotic interference and human activities. Resources are finite quantity.

Oil and natural gas are also exhaustible and can be sucked up and burnt away.

A natural resource that cannot be replenished by adding by natural forces of the environment is called exhaustible resources.