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Question 4 • DRHS GA-GSE Environmental Science

Which of the following statements about resource use is true?

Answer

The use of renewable resources has no inherent costs.

Resource use, whether renewable or nonrenewable, must be carefully managed to reduce the impact on the environment.

Nonrenewable resources are used for energy, because there are no renewable resources that can be used as a source of energy.

The overuse of nonrenewable resources is less environmentally damaging than the overuse of renewable resources.

Explanation

Both renewable and nonrenewable resources can affect ecosystems and the environment when they are extracted or used. Careful management can reduce those impacts, so choice b is true. Renewable resources can have costs, renewable energy sources do exist, and overusing nonrenewable resources is not necessarily less damaging than overusing renewable resources.

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