alleryStart learning →On what basis are resources classed as renewable or non-renewable?
ADevelopment status
BOwnership type
COrigin source
DExhaustibility
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Exhaustibility
Renewable and non-renewable are the two groups formed when resources are sorted by whether they can run out.
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