Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sector

Question 1

What does the primary sector produce?

Answer 1

Raw materials

Question 2

What is a raw material?

Answer 2

Any natural resources which are used to produce goods or services

Question 3

Examples of primary sector

Answer 3

Mining, quarrying, forestry, farming, fishing

Question 4

What does the secondary sector do?

Answer 4

It manufactures goods and includes building and the utilities

Question 5

What does manufacture mean?

Answer 5

Turning raw materials into finished goods

Question 6

What are the 2 types of finished good?

Answer 6

Capital- used to provide services or make other goods ie welding equipment
Consumer- go straight to the final customer
Split into consumables (get used up- pencils, tinned food) and consumer durables (last longer- TV)

Question 7

What’s the tertiary sector?

Answer 7

It provides services

Question 8

Why is the tertiary sector the largest in the UK?

Answer 8

We are getting wealthier so more money is being spent in the UK
There are less manufacturers in the UK as it is cheaper to produce abroad

Question 9

How has the primary and secondary sector changed over time?

Answer 9

Machines tacking over, fewer people
Less resources, moved abroad ie coal
Cheaper in other countries, labour