| A | B |
|---|
| natural resources | useful materials found in the environment |
| raw materials | natural resources that must be worked to be useful |
| renewable resources | natural resources that can be replaced |
| nonrenewable resources | natural resources that cannot be replaced |
| environment | natural surrondings |
| manufacturing | large-scale production of goods by hand or by machine |
| colonization | movement of settlers and their culture to a new country |
| industrialization | the growth of machinepowered production in an economy |
| deforestation | a loss of forest cover in a region |
| biodiversity | a richness of different kinds of living things in a region |
| civil engineering | technology for building structures that alter the landscape, such as dams, roads, and bridges |
| pollution | waste, usually man-made, that makes the air, water, or soil less clean |
