What are non-renewable resources?

Non-renewable resources are things we use up, and once they're gone, they take a really long time to come back.

Imagine you have a big jar of candy. Every day, you eat some candy from the jar. If you don’t get more candy added to the jar, eventually the candy will run out. That's like non-renewable resources, we use them up faster than they can be replaced.

Some non-renewable resources are like a treasure chest that’s been buried deep underground for millions of years. Examples include coal, oil, and natural gas. These are used to make energy, like the fuel in your toy car or the electricity that lights up your room.

Once we dig them out and use them, they take a very long time, even longer than you can imagine, to be made again. That’s why we should save them for when we really need them!

Renewable resources are like the sun or wind, they come back every day. But non-renewable ones are more like a one-time gift that you use up, and once it's gone, it’s not coming back soon.