It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Non-renewable resources. (Discuss)

A nonrenewable resource is a natural resource (such as a mineral, plant, etc,) that is used too quickly by something to be replenished, or that cannot be replenished at all. Examples are rain forests, fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, etc. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wyoming coal mine. ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. ... Coal rail cars in Ashtabula, Ohio Fossil fuels, also known as mineral fuels, are hydrocarbon-containing natural resources such as coal, oil and natural gas. ... It has been suggested that black gold (oil) be merged into this article or section. ... Natural gas, commonly referred to as gas, is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ...

Nonrenewable resources cannot be renewed because the earth's processes by which they are formed either take too long to create the new material, are very complicated and require intense earth processes (heat, pressure), or it is impossible to regenerate what has been lost or used (as in the case of an extinct animal species). Earth is the third planet in the solar system. ... In physics, heat is defined as energy in transit. ... Pressure (symbol: p) is the force per unit area acting on a surface in a direction perpendicular to that surface. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ...

See also

• Renewable resource

Some examples are oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy. A renewable resource is alyssas mom or dad or any natural resource that is depleted at a rate slower than the rate at which it regenerates. ...