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geoch5
ch 5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural resources | useful materials |
| Raw materials | Natural resources that must be worked to be useful |
| Renewable resources | Resources that can be replaced |
| Nonrenewable resources | Resources that cannot be replaced |
| Environment | Natural surroundings |
| Manufacturing | 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 | A loss of forest cover in a region |
| Biodiversity | A richness of a different kind of living things in a region |
| Civil engineering | Waste usually man-made that makes the air or soil or water less wheat |
| pollution | Technology for building structures that alter the landscape such as dams, roads, or bridges |