Question

1.What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?

2.What are some reasons a resource might be described as a potentially renewable resource?
3.Why are marine scientists important to companies that extract resources from the ocean?

Answer 1

1.The difference between these two types of resources is that renewable resources can naturally replenish themselves while nonrenewable resources cannot. This means that nonrenewable resources are limited in supply and cannot be used sustainably.

2. Potentially renewable resources include wood and biofuel. Nondepletable resources include wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy.

3. They often serve important ecological functions, provide coastal protection, and are critical resources for food, energy, tourism and economic development. In many parts of the world, such marine and coastal systems are under stress or are threatened from a variety of sources, both human and natural.