Distinguish between the renewable and Non-renewable resources.

Renewable Resources

Non-Renewable Resources

1. The resources which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes are known as renewable or replenishable resources.

2. For example, solar and wind energy, water, forests and wildlife, etc.

3. The renewable resource may further be divided into continuous or flow.

1. These occur over a very long geological time.

2. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of such resources.

3. These resources take millions of years in their formation.