Miners dig iron ore out of the ground on Minnesota's Mesabi Range and ship it to steel mills. What kind of resource is the iron ore while it is still in the ground?

A sneaker factory is built on a large plot of land. What kind of resource is the land the factory stands on?

A drink company's plant runs conveyor belts and filling machines that are used over and over to fill bottles. What kind of resource are those belts and machines?

A hospital hires nurses whose years of training let them care for patients. What kind of resource are the nurses and their skills?

A taxi driver buys a car to drive paying passengers. A family buys the same model of car for weekend trips. Whose car is a capital resource?

A shrimp boat crew catches shrimp and sells it to Ms. Alvarez, who cooks it for her family's dinner. Who is the consumer in this exchange?

A hair stylist cuts hair for pay all morning, then buys groceries for home in the afternoon. What role does the stylist play across that whole day?

A construction crew builds a school using hammers, ladders, and a crane. What kind of resource are the hammers, ladders, and crane?

Vermont sugar makers tap sugar maple trees and boil the sap into syrup. What kind of resource is the sap inside the trees?

A cotton mill uses raw cotton, spinning machines, and trained mill workers. Of those three, what is the capital resource?

A student buys a slice of pizza at lunch and eats it right away. Why is that pizza a good for final use rather than a capital resource?

Colonists in the New England Colonies caught cod in the ocean off their coast, dried it, and traded it. What kind of resource were the cod swimming in the ocean?

A colonial shipyard used saws, ropes, and a dry dock to build sailing ships. What kind of resource were those saws, ropes, and the dry dock?

A farmer sells wheat to a miller, who grinds it into flour to sell to bakers. When the miller buys the wheat, the miller is acting as what?

A plumber is paid to repair a leaking pipe in a customer's kitchen. What is the plumber producing?

An airline employs pilots who trained for years and mechanics certified to service jet engines. What kind of resource are those pilots and mechanics?

A strawberry farm uses rich soil, plastic crates, and a crew of pickers. Of those three, what is the human resource?

A lumber company owns chainsaws and trucks, hires loggers, and cuts trees in a forest it manages. Of those three, what is the natural resource?

A carpenter's years of training count as a human resource, even though training cannot be held in your hand.

A tractor used on a farm is a capital resource, so a box of cereal a family buys to eat is a capital resource too.

Which choice is an example of a natural resource used to make a wooden chair?

A baker who makes bread to sell is acting as a _____.

A person who buys a pair of shoes is acting as a _____.

Which choice is a capital resource for a farmer?

Which choice is a human resource in a restaurant?

Which option is a good rather than a service?

Which option is a service rather than a good?

Water, minerals, forests, and farmland are all examples of _____.

True or False: A computer used by a graphic designer is a capital resource.

True or False: Consumers only buy goods and never use services.

Why do producers use resources?

A company that turns cotton into T-shirts is using cotton as which kind of resource?

What is scarcity?

If a student spends money on a movie ticket instead of a book, the book is the student’s _____.

Which situation best shows producers and consumers depending on each other?

What is profit?

Which example shows entrepreneurship?

True or False: A teacher providing a lesson is producing a service.

What can happen when many consumers want a product but the supply is limited?

Which list includes all three basic types of productive resources?