Economic Activities Flashcards
(8 cards)
What is a primary economic activity?
Those in which people get natural resources from the land or sea
What is a secondary economic activity?
Those in which people process or manufacture products, e.g. car man
What is a tertiary economic activity?
Those that provide useful services for people, e.g. driving taxis, lawyers or teachers
Give me an example of a primary economic activity
Fishing
farming
forestry
mining
quarrying 
How the physical landscape influences farming
Climate soil fertile and relief or height
What part of Ireland is bad for farming and give a short reason why?
The west of Ireland it’s very rocky is raining 250 days per year the climate is temper oceanic and it has lots of rocks 
What is arable farming?
 the growing of crops
What is pastoral farming?
Animal farming