Which of these is a risk of consuming a nonrenewable resource at a high rate? a.) the resource could be depleted quickly. b.) the resource could be consumed very quickly. c.) the resource could be replenished very slowly. d.) the resource could be replenished quickly.

The right answer is A.

A natural resource is described as non-renewable or exhaustible when its speed of destruction exceeds, largely or not, its speed of creation. Thus a soil is formed in a few centuries to several millennia according to the chemical, physical and biological conditions and is currently destroyed in certain regions in a few decades, even a few years. It is also possible to compare the current accelerated destruction of species with the use of non-renewable resources.