geography defintions chpt.4
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- a material that humans take from the natural enviroment to survive & to satisfy their needs
- natural resource
- a natural resource that the enviroment continues to supply or replace as it is used
- renewable resource
- a natural resource that cnnot be replaced once it is used- for example, mineralls such as fossil fuels, iron, copper, aluminum, and gold
- nonrenewable resource
- any one of several nonrenewable minerals resources-coal,oil,natural gas-formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals and used for fuel
- fossil fuels
- a type pf energy produced by fission-the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor, releasing stored energy
- nuclear energy
- energy from the earths intense interior heat, which transforms underground water to steam that can be used to heat homes or to make electricity
- geothermal energy
- energy produced by the sun
- solar energy
- the process of turning a raw material into a finished product
- manufacturing
- A modern industrial society with a well-deweloped economy
- developed country
- a country with relatively low industrial production,often lacking modern technology
- developing country
- GNP
- gross national produst
- the total value of goods and serviced produced by a country in a year
- gross national product
- the gross national product of a country divided by the countrys total population
- per capita(GNP)
- farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village
- subsistence farming
- the raising of crops and livestock for sale in outside markets
- commercial farming