(a) Classify the following into renewable and non-renewable sources of energy:
Coal, Wind, Tides, Petroleum, Wood, Natural gas
(b) What is the basis of above classification?
(a) Non- Renewable source of energy - Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas.
Renewable source of energy - Wind, Tides, Wood.
(b) The basis of the above classification is inexhaustible and exhaustible characteristic of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy respectively.
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