| 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 | resources that cannot be replaced |
| environment | natural surroundings |
| manufacturing | the large scale production of goods by hand or machine |
| colonization | the movement of settlers and their culture to a new country |
| industrialization | the growth of machine powered 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 | usually man-made, that makes the air, water, or soil less clean |