Multiple choice

Nonrenewable resources

  1. can be exhausted within dozens or hundreds of years.

  2. exist in a fixed quantity.

  3. are renewable, but only over millions or billions of years.

  4. all of the choices.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Nonrenewable resources exist in finite quantities, take millions of years to form, and are depleted much faster than they can be replaced. Therefore, all the provided descriptions are accurate.