Economic Activity Part 1 Flashcards
What are primary activities?
Primary activities involve taking raw materials from the earth eg farming fishing forestry and mining
What are secondary activities?
Secondary activities are also called manufacturing this mean making physical goods eg baking and computer manufacturing
What are super trawlers?
Modern fishing boats that can catch large quantities of fish
What makes catching fish easier?
Sonars, large nets ,motorised equipment and refrigeration units make fishing easier
Inputs of apple
High tech factory
Qualified and skilled workers
Services
Computer components
What are the processes of apple?
Workers assemble components into the computer enclosure
Testing ensure the computers work
The computer is packaged for delivery
What are the outputs of apple
The imac computer
Waste materials
What is a secondary economic industry that we studied
Apple