Across
- 3. Minerals that have so many different characteristics, it is difficult to describe them.
- 6. This industry provides services to people and businesses outside the community
- 8. Are minerals that release energy when burned
- 9. Is the sector that uses the most of Canada’s energy
- 11. Larger companies, usually all year long, living in larger communities
- 12. This issue in farming pertains to growing populations meaning more land needs to be dedicated to housing and other infrastructure.
- 14. Manufacturing products by putting things together
- 17. Minerals when refined, contain the group of materials that we know as metals.
- 19. _____________ forests are unlikely to be harvested
- 20. Cause millions of dollars of damage to forests every year
- 21. Resources that are constantly being produced by nature and can’t be damaged by human activity
- 22. Industries that involve the processing of ideas rather than products
- 25. More than 75% of Canadians are employed in this area
- 26. This location factor is the reason why auto manufacturers thrive in southern Ontario, as there is a large educated population
- 28. - Involves large areas of land; Requires relatively small amounts of labour
- 29. Provide a wide range of services that support primary and secondary industries and society in general
- 30. This issue in farming impacts what type of vegetation can grow in various locations. Over time, crops may have to change
- 31. Near populated places are very important to the water supply, such as the Tibetan Plateau in western China
Down
- 1. Ihis type of mining is used to extract mineral ores located deep in the earth.
- 2. The world is becoming a global village largely due to the improvements made in this area of technology
- 4. Is located near large urban areas and produces products such as dairy products for the nearby large population
- 5. This location factor helps companies get their goods to a variety of markets in a timely and effective fashion
- 7. This industry provides services for people and businesses located within the community
- 10. ____________ forests consist of trees that can be harvested for profit
- 13. Extracting raw materials from the ground or water
- 15. Resources that are created by nature so slowly (over millions of years) what exists today is all there will ever be
- 16. Is a normal part of the life cycle of forest ecosystems
- 18. The merging of various communication technologies together
- 23. Usually families and individuals, with smaller equipment, running a smaller operation for daily income
- 24. sheets Are huge stores of water, but they are not readily used because of low populations
- 27. Resources that are constantly being replenished by nature at a fast enough rate that they should be available for humans as long as we need them