Primary Economic Activities Flashcards
Economic Activities
What people do to earn a living
Primary activities
Jobs that involve working directly with the earth’s rocks soils and waters
Primary activities jobs
Farmer, Fisher forestry worker, minor
Renewable resources
Can be used over and over again
Infinite
Non renewable resources
Can only be used once
Finite
Coal, oil, gas
Potable
Safe to drink
Evaporation
The sun heats ip the water and the water vapour rises
Condensation
The water vapour cools and form clouds which are blown towards the land by wind
Precipitation
The clouds are blown over the land. They get too heavy and fall in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow
Run off
Water then runs off and forms rivers.
Irrigation
The artificial watering of land
Case study
Irrigation scheme, central valley project, callifornia
Why does the valley need irrigation
Area suffers from drought
Difficulty to grow crops
Area has a very warm climate
About the central valley project 1
Dams were built to create large reservoirs
About the central valley project 2
Canals and aqueducts were used to pipe water from North of the valley to the south