Question

Some people refer to water as a renewable natural resource and others warn that it can be non-renewable. Use your understanding of the water cycle to defend both arguments.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

renewable: With careful management and responsible usage, water is a renewable resource.

Nonrenewable:

Non-renewable water resources are not replenished at all or for a very long time by nature. This includes the so-called fossil waters. Renewable water resources are rechargeable due to the hydrological cycle unless they are overexploited, comprising groundwater aquifers and surface water like rivers and lakes.

Based on the water cycle: Water as a renewable resource is depicted in this 18×24 inch poster. Water is renewed again and again by the natural hydrologic cycle where water evaporates, transpires from plants, rises to form clouds, and returns to the earth as precipitation