Primary Economic Activity- water and oil Flashcards
Explain a secondary activity and give examples
When people use raw materials to manufacture goods for the public to buy
Ex: factory workers, bakers, people who assemble PCs or cars
Explain primary activities and give examples
When in your job raw materials are drawn from the earth.
Ex: farmer, forestry, miners, fishing
Explain tertiary and give examples
It’s a service that people provide that other people require
Ex:teacher, dj, office worker, hairdresser
In developing countries what activities do most people work in
Primary
What are the two types of resources
Renewable and non renewable
What other word describes a renewable fuel
Non finite
What other word describes a non renewable fuel.
Finite
What sort of resource is water
Renewable
What is irrigation
When there is little rainfall, people/farmers use canals or piping techniques to water their plants
What did the people of Egypt do about the annual flooding
They built a big dam in Aswan
Name three disadvantages to the dam
All the water is stored in lake nasser therefore the fertile land that was above water on the surface is now at the bottom of the lake so farmers have to buy expensive fertilisers
The canals that distribute irrigation waters are diseased they have an infection that effects humans.
Much water is lost because of evaporation of lake Nasser
How can water be conserved
Showers instead of baths
Water leaks should be fixed
Meters installed
Where is the most oil found in the world
The Persian gulf
Tell em about the prices for oil
They rise and decrease in price a lot
Why does oil rise and decrease in price a lot
Because: of the demand for oil all over the world
The market believed that the supplies of oil could not
Meet the extra demand
