On what basis would you classify energy sources as (a) renewable and non-renewable? exhaustible and inexhaustible? are the options given in (a) and (b) the same ?

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1.	On what basis would you classify energy sources as (a) renewable and non-renewable? exhaustible and inexhaustible? are the options given in (a) and (b) the same ?
Answer» Solution :(a) The energy source that replenishes in nature is known as a RENEWABLE energy source. SUN, wind, biomass, etc., are some EXAMPLES of renewable enerEy sources. (b)EXHAUSTIBLE sources are those energy sources which deplete and exhaust after a few hundred years. Coal, petroleum, etc. are the exhaustible energy sources. Inexhaustible energy sources shall not exhaust in future, theses are unlimited. Biomass is one of the inexhaustible energy sources.