Q: What is the term for a resource that is used in a way that meets the needs of the present without keeping future generations from meeting their needs?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

A resource is renewable if it is remade by natural processes at the same rate that humans use it up. Sunlight and wind are renewable resources because they will not be used up ( Figure below ). The rising and falling of ocean tides is another example of a resource in unlimited supply. A sustainable resource is a resource that is used in a way that meets the needs of the present without keeping future generations from meeting their needs. People can sustainably harvest wood, cork, and bamboo. Farmers can also grow crops sustainably by not planting the same crop in their soil year after year. Planting the same crop each year can remove nutrients from the soil. This means that wood, cork, bamboo, and crops can be sustainable resources.

 Choices:

- tolerable

- innovative

- structural

- sustainable


A:
sustainable