Social Studies ch1#2
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- recycle
- use something again
- pollution
- anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use
- humidity
- amount of moisture in the air
- axis
- imaginary line that runs through the Earth from North pole to South pole
- mineral
- natural substance found in rocks
- human resources
- workers and the ideas and skills they bring to their jobs
- product
- something that people make or grow, usually to sell
- adapt
- change
- precipitation
- water that falls to the Earth's surface; rain, snow, sleet
- service
- activity people do for others
- conservation
- protecting our natural resources and using them wisely
- economy
- way people use resources to meet their needs
- revolution
- trip around the sun
- fuel
- natural resource used to make heat or energy
- scarce
- limited
- rotation
- complete turn; causes day and night
- manufacturing
- the making of goods