Chp 19 Vocab
Terms
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copy deck
- purify
- to make something pure/free of any contamination
- entrepreneur
- a person who starts and organizes a business
- natural resources
- raw materials from nature, such as water and soil
- method
- a way of doing something
- reproduce
- to copy or duplicate
- refinery
- a place where a good is made pure or made into other products
- horizontal combination
- a kind of business organization that joins two or more businesses that are in the same industry
- petroleum
- a liquid that can be made into fuel
- typesetting
- the methods used to prepare type to be printed
- kerosene
- a fuel used in lamps
- slaughter
- to kill animals for food and other products
- skyscraper
- a tall building
- liability
- a risk
- environmental
- having to do with the surroundings that affect the growth and development of living things
- by-product
- something produced in the process of making something else
- flexible
- able to move or twist easily
- conservation
- the act of protecting or limiting the use of natural resources
- phonograph
- a machine used to reproduce sound
- capital
- money used for investments
- vertical combination
- a kind of business organization that controls each step in making something
- pollution
- anything added to the environment that is harmful to living things
- trust company
- a large, powerful company that often is a monopoly
- criticize
- to show disapproval
- monopoly
- a corporation that has little competition
- corporation
- a large, organized company owned by stockholders
- engineering
- using science and math to design and construct buildings or other objects
- suspension bridge
- a large bridge supported by wires or chains attached to tall towers