Multiple choice

What is a non-renewable resource?

  1. A resource that can be 're-made' and is inexhaustible.

  2. A resource that can't be 're-made' and is exhaustible.

  3. A resource that's used a couple of times before it runs out.

  4. What's a resource?
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Explanation

Non-renewable resources exist in finite amounts and cannot be replaced once they are consumed. They take geological timescales to form, making them exhaustible.

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