EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -As resources, plants and animals are only renewable if they are replaced when used. Trees cut down for lumber and other uses must be replaced soon after harvest with new seedlings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fossil energy sources, including oil, coal and natural gas, are non-renewable resources that formed when prehistoric plants and animals died and were gradually buried by layers of rock.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biomass energy is energy generated or produced by living or once-living organisms. The most common biomass materials used for energy are plants, such as corn and soy, above. The energy from these organisms can be burned to create heat or converted into electricity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Renewable resources will naturally replenish themselves over time, like wind, solar, plants, trees, etc. Non-renewable will be gone forever once used, like coal, fuel, etc.