What are potentially renewable resources?

Answer 1

potentially renewable resoources are something that can be replaced for example if i chopped down a tree in a forest i could plant another one to REPLACE it but say if i took a load of oil out of the ground i can not replace the oil i have just taken. so basically something that can be replace. ooh and by the way if your doing this for homework i would include an example of what it is and why also an example of something you cant renew preferably mine and why that cant be replaced.

Answer 2

Because they can quickly be regenerated from resources that are abundant on earth. Most plants are considered renewable because the earth cycles plants through the carbon cycle. The elements and hydrocarbons are not considered renewable because their is a finite amount available, and in the case of hydrocarbons, once they are consumed the geological renewal cycle is substantially long enough to be considered nonrenewable.

Answer 3

Non-renewable resources are resources, for example sources of energy, that cannot be renewed (i.e. they will eventually run out). They are not produced continuously, but the available stock on earth is just being used up until nothing is left. These include things like coal, oil etc.

Renewable resources do not run out (they keep being renewed). These include things like plant material (when you grow a crop, you can harvest it but keep growing it again and again because they produce seeds), or sources of energy like sunlight and wind, that will always be there and never run out.