Environmental scientists are always looking for new ways to generate electricity. One way to generate electricity is through wind power. Environmental scientists like wind power because wind is a renewable resource.

Do you know what the word renewable means? If you don't, you can figure it out by breaking the word into parts.

One part of the word renewable is the suffix -able.

A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of the word. The suffix changes the meaning of the word.

The suffix -able means able to or can be, so the word renewable means able to/can be renewed. Renewable is just one of many words that uses this suffix.

Watch the video below to learn more about the suffix -able.