Secondary Economic Activity

Question 1

Inputs

Answer 1

This is the first material used to start making the product

Question 2

Processes

Answer 2

These are the things we do to the inputs to turn them into semi finished products

Question 3

Outputs

Answer 3

This is the finished product

Question 4

What are the things that influence where factories are built

Answer 4

Resource materials
Markets
Transport facilities 
Labour
Services 
Capital
Government/EU policy

Question 5

Resource materials

Answer 5

They are raw materials or semi finished products that factories need to make things

Question 6

Markets

Answer 6

Access to markets means being close to the place where you sell the product

Question 7

Transport facilities

Answer 7

Able to transport goods to consumers

Question 8

Labour

Answer 8

Must be built where there are enough workers

Question 9

Services

Answer 9

Has to have electricity, sewage, Internet, etc.

Question 10

Capital

Answer 10

Is the money a company needs to set up a business

Question 11

Government/EU policy

Answer 11

Governments do many things to encourage companies to set up in their country

Question 12

Case study: heavy industry

Answer 12

Aughinish Alumina

Question 13

Aughinish Alumina

Answer 13

• located on the Shannon estuary
• makes alumina which is a white powder used to make aluminium
• Ireland does not make aluminium, it is transported from other countries

Question 14

Alumina:

Input

Answer 14

Bauxite

Question 15

Alumina

Processes

Answer 15

Chemical process

Question 16

Alumina

Output

Answer 16

Alumina

Question 17

What is secondary economic activity?

Answer 17

Involves making things. It usually involves taking raw materials and making them into new ones

Question 18

A nishe product

Answer 18

A good made for a particular use eg- surgical instruments used in a hospital

Question 19

Reasons for little or no manufacturing

Answer 19

Poor services

Badly developed transport system

Question 20

Industrial inertia

Answer 20

When a factory stays where it is although it has now reason to stay there

Question 21

Industrial inertia

Answer 21

When a factory stays where it is although it has now reason to stay there

Question 22

(Aughinish) raw materials

Answer 22

Bauxite is the main material used for making alumina, it comes from africa. It is shipped to the Shannon estuary where there is a large port.

Question 23

Markets (aughinish)

Answer 23

It can easily be exported to smelters around the world

Question 24

Transport (aughinish)

Answer 24

The deep water ports on the estuary allow heavy ships to dock and transport the bauxite

Question 25

Labour (aughinish)

Answer 25

All workers come from near by villages.

Question 26

Capital (aughinish)

Answer 26

As it is involved all around the world, it provides the factory with money and this money provides the factory to function

Question 27

What is a footloose industry

Answer 27

A footloose industry means a factory is not tied to one place