All the companies and mills that dig mines, refine minerals, and sell refined minerals products are a part of the ______________________.
mining industry
100
The man considered the "father of forestry" who believed in using natural resources responsibly so he started the timber industry was ___________________.
Gifford Pinchot
100
The mineral used to make cement and glass for constructing homes, buildings, sidewalks, bridges, skyscrapers, and window glass is _______________.
limestone
100
The process that converted iron to steel by blowing oxygen on white, hot, molten iron was the _________________.
Bessemer Process
100
The process of building something is called ________________.
construction
200
Any company involved in harvesting trees or planting trees for harvesting is part of the _________________.
timber industry
200
The inventor and innovator who was the first to manufacture light bulbs and invent the electric lighting system was ________________________.
Thomas Edison
200
The mineral used to produce energy and heat and eventually burned to generate electricity during the Industrial Revolution was __________________.
coal
200
The first reliable source of power during industrialization was the _____________________.
the steam engine
200
The term that describes using power-driven machinery to manufacture goods or the process by which a country moves from farming to industry is called __________________.
industrialization
300
Any company that cuts down trees found naturally in the environment is part of the _________________.
logging industry
300
The man who invented the process for converting iron into steel was ____________________.
Henry Bessemer
300
The most popular metal used in U.S. industrialization, especially in railroad construction, before the use of steel was ____________________.
iron ore
300
An machine used in most vehicles in which the fuel is burned within engine cylinders is called a/an _________________________.
internal combustion engine
300
A country that is powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions is a/an __________________.
world power
400
The process of making products especially with machines in factories is called __________________.
manufacturing
400
The man considered the "father of natural gas" because he was the first to harness natural gas, form a natural gas company, and light a town with natural gas was _________________________.
William Hart
400
Any natural resources that are used up or consumed in creating power are called ____________________.
energy resources
400
Those who carefully use or replace natural resources to prevent these resources from being lost or wasted are trying to ___________________.
conserve
400
The metal alloy created using iron ore that became the preferred metal in construction because it was lighter, stronger, more durable than iron, and did not rust as quickly as iron was ______________.
steel
500
The process of removing unwanted materials or impurities from a substance is called _______________.
refining
500
The first man to strike oil at its source outside the town of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859 was __________________.
Edwin L. Drake:
500
Any solid substance formed naturally under the ground is called a/an _____________.
mineral
500
The legal papers that give an inventor all the rights to produce and sell their invention are called a/an _________.
patent
500
The basic equipment and structures such as tunnels, roads, and bridges that are needed for a country or region to function properly is called ___________________.