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Geo chapter 5
Geography chapter 5 terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Resources | Useful materials found in environment |
| Raw Materials | Natural resources that must be worked to be useful |
| Renewable Resources | Natural resources that can be replaced |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Natural resources that can not be replaced |
| Environment | Natural surroundings |
| Manufacturing | The large-scale production of goods by hand or machine |
| Colonization | The movement of settlers and their culture to a new country |
| Industrialization | the growth of machine powered production in an economy |
| Deforestation | Loss of forest cover in a region |
| Biodiversity | richness in different kinds of living things in a region |
| Civil Engineering | Tech for building structures that alter the landscape |
| Pollution | waste usually man-made that makes air, water, and soil less clean |