STANDARD 2.8 The student will describe natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings). Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge The three main types of resources are Terms to know natural, human, and capital. natural resources: Materials that come directly from nature human resources: People working to produce goods and services capital resources: Goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services Examples of resources Natural: Water, soil, wood, coal Human: Farmers, miners, builders, painters Capital: Hammers, computers, trucks, lawn mowers, factory buildings
STANDARD 2.8 The student will describe natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings). Essential Understandings Essential Knowledge The three main types of resources are natural, human, and capital. Terms to know natural resources: Materials that come directly from nature human resources: People working to produce goods and services capital resources: Goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services Examples of resources Natural: Water, soil, wood, coal Human: Farmers, miners, builders, painters Capital: Hammers, computers, trucks, lawn mowers, factory buildings
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