Question

The people of Baselandia have to make a decision. To operate their new machine at peak efficiency, they need to switch from using renewable resources to nonrenewable resources as the machine's energy source. However, using the nonrenewable resources will require them to permanently destroy their land. In this scenario, what is the nonrenewable resource an example of?

Answer 1

The correct answer is “land.”

In this scenario, the nonrenewable resource example is “land.”

The land is a resource nonrenewable. If farmers destroy the land with the using of new machines or chemicals to improve the production, the damage is permanent. The over exploitation of soil in some countries has had consequences such as the farming lands are not in conditions to produce more fruits or vegetables. This has generated poverty and huger. Another cause of land degradation is climate change. Nowadays are regions suffering from land degradation that once were very fertile.

Answer 2

A non-renewable resource is considered a natural resource that can not be produced, regenerated or reused on a scale that can sustain its consumption rate. These resources often exist in fixed quantities or are consumed much faster than nature can recreate them.

Some of the non-renewable resources are: oil, minerals, metals, natural gas and groundwater deposits among others

In this case the non-renewable resource is land