Chapter 11:primary Economic Activity Flashcards
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Renewable resource
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Are resources that can be used over and over again. With careful management they will never run out
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Natural resource
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Are things provided to people that are useful
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Non-renewable resources
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Are resources that can only be be used once
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Irrigation
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Artificial watering of the land
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Oil reserve
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The known supply of oil underground
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Continental shelf
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Area of sea close to land in which large shoals of fish can thrive
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Primary economic activity
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Raw materials that are produced from the earth e.g. Fishermen miners, forest workers
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Secondary economic activity
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Workers in factories that use raw materials to manufacture goods that people buy
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Tertiary economic activity
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People provide services that other people require
