INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Non-Renewable Resources occur over a very long geological time. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of such resources. These resources take millions of years in their formation. Some of the resources like metals are recyclable and some like fossil fuels cannot be recycled and get exhausted with their use.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most fossil fuels, minerals, and metal ores are nonrenewable resources.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. Fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are formed due to the continuous heating and compressing of organic matter buried beneath the earth’s surface. The organic matter mainly comprises of plant and animal remains that have decomposed, heated, and compressed over millions of years to form fossil deposits.

Detailed explanation-4: -Non-renewable energy comes from sources that will run out or will not be replenished in our lifetimes-or even in many, many lifetimes. Most non-renewable energy sources are fossil fuels: coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Wind and sunlight are renewable resources that can be replenished as we use them, unlike natural gas and petroleum, which will deplete with extraction and, hence, cannot be renewed. Therefore, natural gas and petroleum are identified as non-renewable resources.