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geoch5
chapter 5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural resources | useful materials found in the environment |
| Raw materials | natural resources that must 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 hands or by machine |
| colonization | the movement of settlers and their culture to a new country |
| industrialization | the growth of machine-powered production in an economy |
| deforestation | a loss of forest cover in a region |
| biodiversity | a richness of different kinds of living things in a region |
| civil engineering | technology for building structures that alter the landscape, such as dams, roads, and bridges |
| pollution | usually man-made, that makes the air, water, or soil less clean |