Trade
Products brought to our country from other countries
What are imports?
Fossil fuels made from this
What are the remains of plants and animals?
People that buy and use goods and services
What are consumers?
A resource made by nature that has money value
What are natural resources?
A spring or lake where a river begins
What is a source?
Products sent from our country to other countries
What are exports?
Define hardwood, and tell what it comes from.
What is wood from trees like oak, maple, or cherry?
People who live in different places and have different kinds of jobs
What are human resources?
Give one example of a renewable resource.
What is water/forests/animals?
The natural opening of a river that empties into a larger body of water
What is the mouth of a river?
Goods are made from these
What are raw or recycled materials?
Mulch used for this
What is covering plants to protect soil?
Work done for others, like by doctors or teachers?
What are services?
Name one example of a non-renewable resource.
What is oil/natural gas/coal?
A human-made lake where water is held by a dam
What is a reservoir?
The term for making, moving, and selling goods and services
What is industry?
Small bits of wood left after sawing are called
What is sawdust?
Define economy
What is the careful and wise use of natural resources, money, and jobs?
The definition of a renewable resource
What is a resource that can be replaced by natural means?
Name two examples of wetlands
What are swamps and marshes?
Give an example of how we use natural resources in trade.
What is trading wood, minerals, or fossil fuels?
The term for softwood, and which trees produce it
What is wood from hemlock or pine trees?
Makes goods or services for sale
What are producers?
The term for a lowland area that holds water, like a swamp or marsh
What is a wetland?
Explain how reservoirs are useful.
What is providing water storage and flood control?