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Ch. 5 Terms
Vocab Ch. 5
Question | Answer |
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Natural Resources | A useful material found in the environment. |
Raw Materials | Natural resources that must be processed to be useful. |
Renewable Resources | A natural resource that can be replaced. |
Nonrenewable Resources | A resource that cannot be replaced. |
Environment | Natural surroundings. |
Manufacturing | Processing a raw material to make finished product. |
Colonization | Movement of the settlers and their culture to a new country. |
Industrialization | The growth of manufacturing in an economy. |
First-Level Activities | People use land and resources directly to make products. They hunt, cut wood, mine, fish, herd animals, or raise crops. |
Second-Level Activities | People process products from the first stage people. |
Third-Level Activities | A person delivers the goods to stores or people. |
Deforestation | A loss of forest cover in a region. |
Biodiversity | A large variety of living things in a region. |
Civil Engineering | Technology for building structures that alter the landscape. |
Pollution | Waste, usually made by people, that makes a places air, water, or soil less clean. |