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Multiple choice biology water and air and their importance water management - case studies introduction to natural resources management of natural resources

A natural resource that has inherent capacity to replenish is called as

  1. Renewable resource

  2. Non renewable resource

  3. Exhaustible resource

  4. Inexhaustible resource
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Renewable resources are those that are replenished naturally over relatively short periods of time. It includes solar energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, biomass, etc. Thus the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology water and air and their importance water management - case studies introduction to natural resources management of natural resources

A renewable exhaustible natural resource is 

  1. Forest

  2. Coal

  3. Petroleum

  4. Minerals
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Explanation

Natural resources occur naturally within environments, that exist relatively undistributed by humanity, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems. Natural resources are derived from the environment. Biotic resources are obtained from the biosphere (living and organic material), such as forests and animals, and the materials, that can be obtained from them. Forests and wildlife are both renewable in the short term but non renewable once a point has been reached or to a point. Forests can be managed to some degree sustainable forestry cuts older trees, while planting new one to replace them, this works in some types of environments better than others.