Resources for Technology - Vocabulary

This resource of technology can be described as a form of wealth.

• capital

• time

• people

• energy

This is a small portion of a company that people can own.

• dividends

• stock

• interest

• capital

Sources of energy that can be replaced...ex. solar energy

• renewable energy sources

• nonrenewable energy sources

Which of the following is a nonrenewable energy source?

• coal

• natural gas

• solar energy

• wind energy

If a company does well, it may share some of its profits back to their investors in the form of these payments.

• stock

• dividends

• capital

• interest

Materials discovered in a laboratory, then manufactured in a factory.

• synthetic materials

• raw materials

• renewable raw materials

• nonrenewable materials

Natural resources that are used to make finished products.

• synthetic materials

• raw materials

• stock

• dividends

Materials that can be grown and therefore replaced within a person's lifetime.

• renewable raw materials

• nonrenewable raw materials

• synthetic materials

• cotton, lumber, wool

Materials that can not be grown or replaced when used up.

• renewable raw materials

• nonrenewable raw materials

• metals, minerals

• renewable energy sources

A fee that a bank charges when a person takes out a loan.

• dividend

• interest

• nanosecond

• undisclosed fee