Question

resources such as sunlight, fresh air, soil, plants, animals, and water are known as ______ resources.
○ expendable
○ renewable
○ special

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the options:

• "Expendable" resources are used up and not easily replaced, but sunlight, air, soil, plants, animals, and water can be replenished.
• "Renewable" resources are those that can be naturally replenished over time. Sunlight, fresh air, soil (through natural processes), plants (via growth), animals (via reproduction), and water (via the water cycle) all fit this definition.
• "Special" is not a standard term for classifying these resources.

So the correct term is "renewable".

Answer:

B. renewable (assuming the options are labeled with letters, if not, the correct option is "renewable")