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Natural Resources
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Geography
7th Grade
01/06/2009

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Term
natural resources
Definition
useful materials found in the environment (water)
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raw materials
Definition
natural resources that must be worked (changed) to be useful (wood = paper)
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renewable resources
Definition
natural resources that can be replaced
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nonrenewable resources
Definition
natural resources that can not be replaced
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environment
Definition
natural surroundings
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manufacturing
Definition
the large scale production of goods by hand or by machine
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colonization
Definition
the movement of settlers and their culture to a new country
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industrialization
Definition
the growth of machine-powered production in an economy
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deforestation
Definition
the loss of forest cover in a region
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biodiversity
Definition
richness of different kinds of living things in a region
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civil engineering
Definition
technology for building structures that alter the landscape, such as dams, roads, and bridges
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pollution
Definition
waste, usually man-made, that makes the air, water, or soil less clean
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alluvial soil
Definition
fertile topsoil left by a river, especially after a flood
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agribusiness
Definition
a large company that runs huge farms
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hydroelectricity
Definition
electrical power produced by moving water
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fossil fuel
Definition
a fuel formed over millions of years from animal and plant remains
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