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Which word means "things that are made or grown - for example clothes, cars, and food"
Goods
Which word means "work that someone does for someone else - for example, doctors and dentists"
services
Which word means "someone who makes or provides goods or services - for example a farmer or a barber"
Producer
Which word means "someone who uses or buys goods and services - for example shopping and haircut"
consumer
Which word means "the amount of goods or services available to the customer"
supply
Which word means "how much customers want a good or service"
demand
Which word means "a very low supply due to a disaster such as a freeze, fire, hurricane, or tornado"
scarcity
Which word means "when there is too much of a product or service available"
surplus
Which word means "equipment and machines that help workers make goods and provide services"
capital resources
Which word means "the workers needed to make and sell goods and services"
human resources
Which word means "the raw materials that come from the earth - the raw materials that are not man made"
natural resources
Which word means "when workers add one part to a product as it passes on a moving belt"
assembly line
Which word means "a building where workers make goods"
factory
Which word means "the money needed to run a business"
overhead
Which word means "the money workers are paid - which is part of the overhead"
wages
Which word means "the amount of money that is left over after the overhead has been paid"
profit
