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This 3 page paper defines the two types of resources (renewable and non-renewable) and discusses the impact of human activities on them; unfortunately, that impact is largely negative. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of human activities on them; unfortunately, that impact is largely negative. Renewable Resources A renewal resource is defined as "any natural resource that is depleted at a rate slower
than the rate at which it regenerates. A resource must have a way of regenerating itself in order to qualify as renewable" (Renewable resource, 2006). Such resources include "oxygen,
fresh water and biomass" but these "can become non-renewable if used at a greater rate than the environments capacity to replenish them" (Renewable resource, 2006). One example of the
way in which a renewable resource can change into a non-renewable one is that of taking water from an aquifer "at a greater rate than the sustainable recharge. Removal
of water from the pore spaces may cause permanent compaction (subsidence) that cannot be reversed" (Renewable resource, 2006). Commodities such as wood and leather may also be classified as
renewable resources (Renewable resource, 2006). Non-Renewable Resources A nonrenewable resource is defined as "a natural resource (such as a mineral, plant, etc,) that is used too quickly
by something to be replenished, or that cannot be replenished at all" (Nonrenewable resource, 2006). Examples of such resources include rain forests, plastics and fossil fuels such as gasoline,
"coal, oil, natural gas" (Nonrenewable resource, 2006). These resources are classified as nonrenewable "because the earths processes by which they are formed either take too long to create the
new material, are very complicated and require intense earth processes (heat, pressure), or it is impossible to regenerate what has been lost or used (as in the case of an
extinct animal species)" (Nonrenewable resource, 2006). Perhaps the simplest definition is that renewable resources are infinite (if handled with care) and nonrenewable resources are finite-meaning someday were going to
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