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Natural Resources
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Resource | Anything from Earth that people use to meet their needs. |
| Raw Material | A resource that must be changed before it can be used. |
| Recyclable Resource | A natural resource that cycles naturally through the environment. |
| Renewable Resource | A resource that can be replaced or can grow back. |
| Nonrenewable Resource | A resource that cannot be replaced when used up. |
| Fossil Fuel | Nonrenewable and were create millions of years ago from prehistoric plants and animals. |
| Raw Material | A resource in its natural state. |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| Inexhaustible Resources | Air, wind, and water. Resources that are normally available. |
| Soil | The top layer of the Earth surface, a mixture of rocks and minerals. |
| Nuclear Energy | Created from splitting uranium atoms and makes electricity. |
| Solar Energy | Created from the sun. Also called "photo-voltaic" |
| Geothermal Energy | Made from the Earth's internal heat. It produces steam to heat homes. |
| Primary Economic Activity | Rely directly upon natural resources, such as farming and fishing. |
| Subsistence Farming | Growing only enough to feed a family or village. |
| Commercial Farming | Farmers raise crops and animals to be sold for profit. |
| Secondary Economic Activity | Using raw materials to produce new products. |
| Tertiary Economic Activity | Service Industries (example: doctor, sales associate) |
| Quaternary Economic Activity | Focus on processing and sharing information. |
| Export | Goods that are sent out of a country |
| Import | goods that are brought into a country |
| Glaciers | Giant, sheets of ice which are now melting at a rapid rate, most scientists say due to climate change |
| Sustainability | To act in a way which can be maintained at a certain rate or level, avoiding the depletion of natural resources |
| Recycle | Turning used items into new, reprocessed items |
| Devleoped | The name for modern countries with advanced economies and relatively high human health and wellness |
| Developing | These tend to have less wealth and less access to modern technology and have lower life expectancy and literacy |
| Third World | Another name for poor, or "under developed" countries |
| Greenhouse Gases | CO 2 is one of these pollutants and act like a glass window, allowing the sun's energy to pass through and trap it |
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