A large industrial company manufactures paper products such as paper towels and napkins using wood pulp. Which of these BEST describes why wood is considered to be a 'renewable' resource?
A) Wood is routinely recycled to make new wood-based products.
B) Wood products can be manufactured from different tree species.
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C) Wood may be replenished by planting new trees to replace those being used.
D) Wood products can be manufactured using various other materials such as plastics.

C) Wood may be replenished by planting new trees to replace those being used.
because renewable means it can be grown or replaced in some way like solar energy

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Larus Larus · Answer 2 · 2018-10-29T11:46:47+01:00

The correct answer is option C, that is, wood may be replenished by planting new trees to replace those being used.

Wood is considered a renewable source of energy, as trees can be planted again and can be grown to maturity in place of those, which are cut down. As long as the trees are planted again at a similar rate as they are cut down, wood will be regarded as the renewable source of energy. The rainforests are considered to be non-renewable as they consume thousands of years to grow again.