ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

SCARCITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Water is a what type of resource?
A
renewable resource
B
non-renewable resource
C
continuous resource
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Water is a renewable resource when properly managed and used responsibly. Water circulates in nature in numerous states of matter, including liquid, vapour, and ice. As a result, the water that evaporates returns to the earth in the form of rain. As a result, water becomes a renewable resource.

Detailed explanation-2: -Air and water are renewable natural resources too. They don’t regrow like trees or have babies like animals. But, they are always being renewed. They move in cycles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water is a renewable resource since it is replenished through water cycle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hydropower, or hydroelectric power, is one of the oldest and largest sources of renewable energy, which uses the natural flow of moving water to generate electricity.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water is the most abundant natural resource on the planet, the source of countless ecosystem services, and critical to industrial, agricultural, household, and recreational activities.

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