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geo ch.5
vocab
Question | Answer |
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Natural Resources | Useful materials found in the environment |
Raw Materials | Natural resources that must be worked on to be useful |
Renewable Resources | Resources that can be replaced |
Nonrenewable Resources | Resources that can not be replaced |
Environment | Natural Surroundings |
Manufacturing | The large scale production of goods made by machine or hand |
Colonization | A movement of new settlers and their culture to a country |
Industrialization | The growth of machine-powered production |
First-Level Activities | Direct intervention with raw materials. Provides resources that people need to live |
Second-level Activities | Industry |
Third-level Activities | Services |
Deforestation | The loss of forest cover in a region |
Civil Engineering | Technology for building structures that alter a landscape. such as roads, bridges, and sidewalks |
Biodiversity | Richness of different kinds of living things |
Pollution | Waste that makes soil or air less clean |