Economic activity Flashcards

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Primary sector

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The extraction of raw materials and natural resources

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Secondary sector

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Processing raw materials into manufactured goods

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Tertiary sector

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Jobs that provide a service

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Quaternary sector

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The creation of information through research, development and IT

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Location factors/ location of industry

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The human and physical characteristics of a location that help ensure a business is profitable

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Deindustrialisation

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The decline in the secondary industry

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Mechanisation

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The increase in use of machinery in the primary and secondary industry

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Post-industrial economy

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An economy in which manufacturing declines to be replaced by growth in the service and the quaternary sector

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Global shift

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The movement of manufacturing industry to cheaper location overseas, often in developing countries of NEEs

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Informal economy

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Unregistered employment that doesn’t pay tax - not recognised by the government

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Subsistence agriculture

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Crops grown to eat instead of sell

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Commercial farming

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Crops grown to sell instead of eat

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Renewable energy source

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Sources of energy that won’t run out and don’t produce greenhouse gases

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Non-renewable energy

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Sources of energy that can’t be replaced once they are used up. They are finite

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Energy mix

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Combination of energy sources used by a country e.g geothermal, solar, coal, natural gas

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Energy security

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When there is uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price

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Energy gap

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A gap created due to the lack of energy caused by the phasing out of the use of fossil fuels is greater than the amount of energy being produced from new sources

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Energy surplus

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When a country produces more energy than it can consume

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Energy deficit

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When a country uses more energy than it can produce

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Energy demand/consumption

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How much energy a country needs/uses

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Primary energy sources

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Fuels that provide energy without undergoing any conversion process e.g. coal, gas or wood

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Secondary energy source

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Energy sources that undergo processing in order to provide that energy e.g. oil, geothermal energy

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Sustainable energy

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Energy supplies that remain available in the long-term and help to improve people’s well-being but that minimise the harmful impacts on the environment

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Economic activity

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The action of making, providing, purchasing or selling goods/services , information or expertise

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Employment structure

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The proportion of people working in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors

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Decentralisation

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The movement of secondary and tertiary industry to the rural-urban fringe

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Optimum population

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When there is a balance between the number of people in an area and the amount of resources (food, water, energy etc) to support them