A mining company extracts coal from underground deposits that formed over millions of years. What type of resource is coal?(1 point)

Responses

Reusable
Reusable

Nonrenewable
Nonrenewable

Renewable
Renewable

Inexhaustable

1 answer

Coal is classified as a nonrenewable resource. This is because it takes millions of years to form, and the rate of extraction far exceeds the rate at which it can be naturally replenished.