primary economic activities

Question 1

what 3 economic activities are there

Answer 1

primary, secondary and tertiary

Question 2

what are primary economic activities

Answer 2

are jobs that involve working directly with the earths rocks, soils, and waters

Question 3

examples of primary economic jobs

Answer 3

farmer fisher miner lumberjack

Question 4

what are secondary economic activities

Answer 4

are jobs that involve making or manufacturing something

Question 5

examples of secondary economic jobs

Answer 5

carpenter, factory worker, baker, builder

Question 6

what are tertiary economic activities

Answer 6

involve providing a service that is useful to people

Question 7

examples of tertiary economic jobs

Answer 7

garda, teacher, solicitor, shopkeeper

Question 8

what are natural resources

Answer 8

things in the natural world which are useful to people such as land rivers etc

Question 9

what are renewable resources (2)

Answer 9

can be used over and over
infinite

Question 10

example of renewable resources

Answer 10

water

Question 11

what are non renewable resources (2)

Answer 11

can only be used once
finite resources

Question 12

examples of non renewable resources

Answer 12

oil, coal

Question 13

4 stages of the water cycle

Answer 13

evaporation, condensation, precipitation and run off

Question 14

what is irrigation

Answer 14

is the artificial watering of land

Question 15

what is the irrigation scheme we studied

Answer 15

central valley project California

Question 16

why do they need irrigation

Answer 16

they have very hot summers and often experience drought

Question 17

what did they do to solve (2)

Answer 17

built dams
canals and aqueducts were then made

Question 18

advantages of the irrigation scheme (2)

Answer 18

the valley is irrigated in times of drought
towns and cities have water supply

Question 19

disadvantages of the scheme (2)

Answer 19

can be very expensive to build the dams and cost of pumping is high
a lot of water evaporates leaving high salt content which can poison land

Question 20

reasons for overfishing (5)

Answer 20

membership of eec
modern technology
mesh sizes
seasons
quotas

Question 21

what is the eec

Answer 21

ireland gave up our water which means foreign fisherman can fish here

Question 22

modern technology

Answer 22

fish can be easier to locate and catch

Question 23

mesh sizes

Answer 23

were very small so young fish couldnt escape meaning unable to replace their stocks

Question 24

seasons

Answer 24

was no closed season for fishing. fish were caught all year round. not able to replace their stocks

Question 25

quotas

Answer 25

lack of quotas meant there was no limit to the amount of fish that could be caught

Question 26

sustainable fishing (5)

Answer 26

conservation zones intro of quotas ban on endangered species shortened fishing season increase in mesh sizes

Question 27

conservation zones

Answer 27

area restricted to let fish replace their stocks

Question 28

system of a farm

Answer 28

inputs, processes, outputs

Question 29

arable farm

Answer 29

tillage

Question 30

dairy farm

Answer 30

butter cheese milk etc

Question 31

horticulture

Answer 31

veg flowers fruit salad etc

Question 32

pastoral

Answer 32

grazing sheep or cattle

Question 33

livestock

Answer 33

cattle, sheep, pigs, horses

Question 34

mixed

Answer 34

veg livestock, crops