GEOLOGY
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
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Wood
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Solar Energy
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Coal
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Water
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coal is classified as a nonrenewable energy source because it takes millions of years to form. Coal contains the energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years ago in swampy forests. Layers of dirt and rock covered the plants over millions of years.
Detailed explanation-2: -This means that nonrenewable resources are limited in supply and cannot be used sustainably. There are four major types of nonrenewable resources: oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy. Oil, natural gas, and coal are collectively called fossil fuels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because coal takes millions of years to develop and there is a limited amount of it, it is a nonrenewable resource. The conditions that would eventually create coal began to develop about 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fossil fuels. Crude Oil. Coal. Uranium. Natural Gas. Tar Sand. Steel. Phosphate. More items