M&Ms
Butterfinger
Reese's
Skittles
Tootsie Roll
100
Cocoa beans grow in tropical regions and are a main ingredient in M&Ms. Cocoa beans are an example of what type of resource?
Cocoa beans are a natural resource.
100
A Butterfinger candy bar is an example of a _____, while the grocery store employee who puts them on the shelves provides a _________.
good, service
100
The Hershey Candy Company is free to sell what they want and consumers are free to buy what they want. This is called ______ _____________.
Free Enterprise
100
Give two examples of the "marketplace" where you might buy Skittles.
Any Grocery Store or Gas Station
100
The customer who purchases Tootsie Rolls at the store is known as the ____________.
Consumer
200
Frank Mars learned to hand dip candy from his mother and by age nineteen he was selling his creations. In 1911, the Mars Candy factory was built in Tacoma, Washington. Frank is an example of an ____________.
Entrepreneur
200
The amount of Butterfinger candy bars customers are willing to buy for a certain price is called the _________.
Demand
200
At the Reese's factory, a team of candy makers work together to put the newly made Reese's in its brown cup, then its orange wrapper, and finally in a case to be shipped out to the store. One person completes their assigned job before passing the candy to the next person. What is this process called?
This is an example of an assembly line.
200
Dave, who drives the truck that takes cases of Skittles to local grocery stores, is a _________ resource.
Human
200
The paper used to wrap Tootsie Rolls comes from trees. Trees are an example of what type of resource?
Natural Resource
300
The machine that seals each complete package of M&Ms before it is boxed and shipped out is an example of a _________ resource.
Capital
300
The gasoline that fuels the truck carrying Butterfinger candy bars to the local store is a _________ resource.
Gasoline is a natural resource.
300
The peanuts found in Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are an example of what type of resource?
Peanuts are a natural resource.
300
The sugar used to make candy is harvested from the sugar cane plant. Therefore, sugar is an example of a ________ resource.
Natural Resource
300
The amount of Tootsie Rolls the factory makes for a certain price is called the _________?
Supply
400
Is the farmer who grows the ingredients that go into the candy we buy providing a good or a service?
Service
400
Henri Nestle was a German pharmacist who developed the first instant formula for babies before he used his knowledge of powdered milk to create a recipe for milk chocolate. Henri Nestle is an example of an _____________.
Entreprenuer
400
Milton Hershey developed his own recipe for milk chocolate and produced the very first Hershey's chocolate bar in 1900. By 1905, Hershey was the proud owner of the world's largest chocolate manufacturing company. Milton Hershey's story is an example of _______________.
Entrepreneurship
400
The truck that carries Skittle from the factory to the store is a ___________ resource.
Capital
400
We depend on candy bar companies to make our favorite candy and in return, they depend on us for the money needed to keep their business going. This is an example of _______________.
Interdependence
500
When I went to the store and bought the candy for today's activity, was I acting as a producer or a consumer?
Consumer
500
The molds that shape Hershey chocolate bars are an example of what type of resource?
Capital Resource
500
The Hershey candy company just introduced a brand new candy bar. It is so popular that many stores cannot keep it on the shelves. In this case, which is greater- supply or demand?
Demand is greater than the available supply
500
Bob works at the Skittles Factory in Gainesville, Georgia where he loads cases of skittles on a truck to be driven to local stores. What type of resource is Bob?
Bob is a human resource.
500
Peggy cuts long tubes of Tootsie Roll into bite size pieces. Next, Mary lays each bite-sized piece atop a flat paper wrapper. Finally, Sue wraps the candy inside the paper by twisting each end. This process is an example of an __________ ______.
Assembly Line
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