economic activities Flashcards

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what is an economic activity

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what people do to learn a living

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what is a primary activity

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are jobs that involve working directly with the earths soil

rocks and waters eg. farmer or fisher or forestry worker

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what is a secondary activity

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jobs that involve making or manufacturing something

eg. carpenter,factory worker and baker

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what is a tertiary activity

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involove providing a service eg. teacher,garda,solicitor

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what is evaporation

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evaporation occurs when the sun heats up water in rivers,oceans,lakes trees and plants and turns it into water vapour

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what is condensation

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water vapour rises into the air

forms tiny droplets which turn into clouds

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what is precipitation

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when so much water condenses the air cannot hold it anymore clouds get heavy water falls back onto eart snow,sleet,rain,hail

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what is irrigation

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irrigation is the artificial watering of the land

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what is an input

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things that need to be put into the farm eg. cattle

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what is a process

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these are tasks or jobs taken out by the farmer each year eg.milking

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what is an output

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these are the products on the farm and what the farmer sells eg. milk

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example of deciduous

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oak and ash

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example of evergreen

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spruce and pine

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