Types of Resources on Earth
The earth has two main resources available naturally:
- Renewable Resources
- Non-Renewable Resources
Renewable resources
These are the resources that are naturally occurring, for example, sunlight, water, and soil. These resources have been in nature and cannot be produced by man. They are renewed easily by nature. Example: Solar energy, wind energy, etc.
Non-renewable resources
These are those resources on earth that occur in nature freely but are in limited quantities. They are available in the form that they can be used after the intervention of man.
For example, coal and petroleum. Coal is formed after layers of decomposition of dead plant and animal matter over millions of years after having undergone changes due to physical factors such as temperature and pressure, causing the removal of oxygen, leaving it carbon-rich, resulting in the formation of coal. These resources do occur naturally, but do not renew themselves, hence need to be consumed in limited quantities.
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