Natural Resources

2. The unwanted fish, animals, or marine species caught during commercial fishing.
5. Mining method involving the large-scale excavation of land to create a hole with descending steps.
6. A climate factor measuring the accumulation of warmth above 5°C, crucial for planting crops.
7. The service sector of the economy, including banking, tourism, and education.
9. The practice of removing more fish than a fish stock can naturally reproduce.
11. Services focused on information management, research, and high-level consulting.
13. Goods or services brought into a country from abroad for sale.
17. Goods or services produced in one country and sold to another.
18. The layer of rock or soil that must be removed in surface mining to access the ore.
20. The primary oil recovery method used for deeply buried bitumen that cannot be strip-mined.
23. A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
24. The heavy, black, viscous crude oil substance found in the oil sands.
27. Forestry method where all trees are removed from an area; yields the highest commercial return.
28. High-level decision-making and top executives in government, science, and industry.
29. The total value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders.
30. INDUSTRY The sector of the economy that extracts raw materials from the natural environment.

1. The process of making goods, especially on a large scale using machinery.
3. A raw material or agricultural product that can be bought and sold.
4. The final stage of the In-Situ extraction process, where crude bitumen is converted into synthetic crude oil.
8. The farming method of raising aquatic organisms under controlled conditions.
10. A forest harvesting method where only mature or selected high-value trees are taken.
12. MATERIAL A basic substance used in the production of goods.
14. The level an organism occupies in a food chain (e.g., producer, consumer).
15. Mining Type of mining used for horizontal deposits like coal, often involving long trenches.
16. TRADE nInternational commerce with minimal or no government restrictions, tariffs, or quotas.
19. Farming method characterized by large land area and low output per unit of land.
21. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations.
22. The specific region in Alberta where the majority of Canadian oil sands are located.
25. INDUSTRY The sector of the economy that processes and manufactures raw materials into finished goods.
26. The maximum population of a given species that a habitat can sustain indefinitely.