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GeoCh5
Chapter 5 vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural resources | useful materials found in the environment |
| Raw materials | natural resources that must be worked to be useful |
| Renewable resources | resources that can be replaced |
| Nonrenewable resources | resources that can not be replaced |
| Environment | natural surroundings |
| Manufacturing | large scale production of goods by hand, machine..ect. |
| Colonization | movement of new settlers |
| Industrialization | growth of machine powered production |
| Deforestation | loss of forest cover in a region |
| Biodiversity | richness of different kind of living thing |
| C engineering | technology for building structures that alter the landscape, such as dams, canals, roads. |
| Pollution | waste that makes the air soil or water less clean |