Answer to Question #131753 in Physics for Elvis

Question

1. Distinguish between renewable and non-renewable energy sources.

Answer 1

Renewable energy sources are solar, water, tidal, geothermal, biomass energy, as well as wind. As we see, on a large scale these sources are also can be called non-renewable, but they are 'renewable' on a scale of life of some generations.

Non-renewable energy sources are sources that do not renew during the life of several generations: coal, oil, natural gas.