Primary Economic Activities

Question 1

What are the three types of Economic Activities.

Answer 1

Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

Question 2

Name three Natural sources

Answer 2

rocks
soils
waters

Question 3

Which country are most people usually work in primary economic activities?

Answer 3

Power countries

Question 4

What sort of jobs are involved in primary?

Answer 4

Forestry
Fisherman
Farming
Mining

Question 5

Name two types of Natural sources

Answer 5

Non renewable - cannot be reuse
(Finite)

Renewable - can be reused
(non-finite)

Question 6

Name 5 renewable sources

Answer 6

Farming,land
Water
timber,trees
fish

Question 7

Explain how fish is a type of a non-finite source

Answer 7

Fishes breath under water and they reproduce by that.

They are a renewable resource if they are sustainably managed

Question 8

Name three non-renewable sources

Answer 8

coal
peat
oil

Question 9

Name the process of Turf

Answer 9

Peat
bog
turf

Question 10

Name three types of non-modern fishing

Answer 10

Trawling
Purse seining
Drift netting

Question 11

Name a few endangered fishes in the sea

Answer 11

Herring
cod
hake 
haddock
plaice
sole

Question 12

Name a few reasons why fishes are endangered in the sea.

Answer 12

Too many well-equipped trawlers are chasing too few fish

Overheated rivers are killing more fishes (crayfish)

Many juvenile fish are being caught because some fishing trawlers use nets with a small mesh.This reduces the next year’s catch

Ireland’s exploitation of Ireland’s fisher has led to many species of Irish fish becoming endangered.

Modern well-equipped trawlers lead to overfishing the seas around Ireland,therefore making it very difficult to stop illegal fishing.

Question 13

What could be the solution to prevent juvenile fish from being extinct?

Answer 13

Due to the fact that many juvenile fish are being caught because some fishing trawlers use nets with a small mesh that cause the reduction of the next years catch,can make a huge impact to the consumers and the economy.

(Elaborate)

The solution to this is to fix the size of the nets so that juvenile fish can escape and reduce the number of modern fishing trawlers around the Irish sea.

Question 14

What are the inputs for Farming?

Answer 14

There are things needed to be out in to the farm.

Fuel
Vehicle
Seeds

Money
Time
Machinery

Question 15

What are the processes in Farming?

Answer 15

These are the tasks or job done by the farmer throughout the year on his farm.

Harvesting
Ploughing
milking

Question 16

What are the outputs of farming?

Answer 16

These are the produce of the farm and what the farm sells.

Meat
eggs
milk
wool
rice grain

Question 17

Who or What is the Teagast?

and what are they responsible for?

Answer 17

The Teagast is the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland.

They are responsible for research and development training and advising services in the agri-food sector.Their representatives advice farmers on farm management

Question 18

Name four types of farming

Answer 18

Market Gardening Farming
Posteral Farming
Dairy Farming
Bread Farming

Question 19

Name all the different produce farming give?

Answer 19

Dairy Farming ~ milk butter cheese

Cereal Farming ~ tillage,maire,wheat,barley,etc.

Market Gardening Farming ~ vegetables,flowers,fruits

Posteral ~ cows,cattles

Mixed ~ Calves,milk,vegetables

Question 20

How does the quality & soil type determines what farming occurs?

Answer 20

Poor soils such as those in the west of Ireland is a pastoral farming the dominant type whereas the fertile lands in the East/South East are better for cereal farming and dairy farming because the rich machineries and fertile soils.

Question 21

What sort of materials are used in the primary Economic activities?

Answer 21

Raw materials hat are produced from earth’s rocks,soils and waters

Question 22

Why do you think traceability is important to the consumers?

Answer 22

I think traceability is important to the consumers to help them be aware of where the beef or meat they consume comes from and where these animals were raised.