PA's Natural Resources
Natural resources of PA
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- Industrial
- construction worker / cabinet maker / farmer / miner
- mineral
- a natural substance that is dug or cut from the ground
- mouth
- a natural opening of a waterform that empties into a larger body of water
- natural resources
- forests / soils / fossil fuels
- soft coal
- a fuel that is used to heat homes and buildings
- construction
- type of work that involves building new roads and houses
- occupations
- different kinds of jobs that people do to earn money
- renewable natural resources
- soil / coal / water
- hard coal
- used to make steel and produce electricity
- agriculture
- working with the soil to produce crops or the raising of animals for food
- fossil fuels
- coal / oil / natural gas
- census
- counting the number of people every ten years
- mineral resources of PA
- iron ore / limestone / sand
- native-born
- people living in the same state in which they were born
- reservoirs
- human-made lakes in which water is held back by dams
- hydroelectric
- electricity that is produced by the force of falling water
- manufacturing
- type of work that involves making product (snack foods)
- Service
- teacher / postal worker / transportation / banker / sports store owner / athlete
- tributaries
- smaller waterforms that empty or flow into larger waterforms
- profit
- the amount of money left after all expenses have been paid
- wetlands
- a low land area that holds water