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2.02 Economic Resour
ces-Objective 2.02 Ec-903
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Consumer goods and services | Products produced for personal consumption. |
| Consumers | People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants |
| Convenience products | Consumer goods and services purchased quickly and without much thought or effort |
| Economic goods | Physical objects that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants |
| Economics services | Productive acts that are useful, scarce, transferable and which satisfy economic wants |
| Economic want | A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money |
| Equipment | Industrial goods used in the operation of a business but not used in the actual production of a good or service |
| Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale |
| Impulse item | Any item purchased as a result of an on-the-spot decision to buy |
| Industrial goods and services | Products Purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations |
| Installations | High cost, long-lasting industrial goods that are used to produce other goods and services |
| Market Research | The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about a specific issue, situation, or concerns that affects a market |
| Materials | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product after they have been processed |
| Noneconomic want | A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money |
| Parts | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product without any additional processing |
| Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services |
| Product | A good or service that a company sells to consumers |
| Raw materials | Items in their natural state or condition |
| Scarce | Limited |
| Services | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants |
| Shopping products | Consumer goods and services purchased after costumers compare products to get the best quality, price, and/or service |
| Specialty products | Consumer goods and services with special or unique characteristics that customers are willing to exert special efforts to obtain |
| Staple item | A frequently purchased item that business keep on hand continuously because the demand for it is constant |
| Supplies | Industrial goods that are constantly being purchased and used up in the operation of a business |
| Tangible | Capable of being touched, smelled, tasted, seen, or heard; physical |
| Ultimate consumer | Anyone who personally uses a good or services to satisfy their own wants |
| Unsought products | Consumer goods and services bought out of necessity or adversity rather than desire |
| Want | A desire for something that may or may not be required |