Secondry Economic Activity

Question 1

Inputs

Answer 1

These are things we need to put in at the start

Question 2

Process

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Outputs

Answer 3

These are things we have at the end. Finished products

Question 4

Raw materials

Answer 4

Things the factory needs to set up

Question 5

Markets

Answer 5

Close to where you will sell your goods and to consumers who will buy it

Question 6

Transport

Answer 6

Close to road, rail, port and airport

Question 7

Labour

Answer 7

Work force

Close to both high and low skilled workers

Question 8

Services

Answer 8

Water, wifi, broadband sewage treatment etc ….

Question 9

Capital.

Answer 9

The money the company needs to set up.

May require investment from the bank

Question 10

Government/ Eu policy

Answer 10

Incentives given to companies to set up in Ireland

Question 11

Preference of locals/owners

Answer 11

Somewhere the owner likes or where they come from.

Locals may not want this as it causes air pollution, nose, traffic and pollution

Question 12

Heavy industry

Answer 12

In this type of industry the resource materials and goods being made are big and heavy

Question 13

Light industry

Answer 13

The products being made are small and light. Like electronic devices.

Question 14

Multi National Corporations (mnc)

Answer 14

These are companies that sell and make their goods in many different countries. Eg. Apple, Coke etc,…

Question 15

Footloose industry

Answer 15

Footloose industry’s usually locate in industrial estates or business parks. They have no ties!

Question 16

Industrial inertia

Answer 16

When a industry does not locate, even though it may be economically sound to do so it is Called industrial inertia.

Question 17

Industrialised regions

Answer 17

These are countries that industrialised during the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th century

Question 18

Newly industrialised regions

Answer 18

Theese are countries that have cheap labour. Attractive areas for multi national corporations, that make goods like shoes,clothes, electronics etc

Question 19

Industrial emergent regions

Answer 19

Very little manufacturing taking place. It’s attractive for companies looking to cut costs. In the next number of years it will be newly industrialised.

Question 20

Acid rain

Answer 20

• Comes from factories and cars
• Can form in one region but can be blown by the wind into another.
• sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide and water vapour = Acid Rain

Question 21

Incinerators

Answer 21

Incinerators are factories that burn waste. Everywhere they are built locals protest against them. They protest because the fumes coming from the factory a carcinogenic.

Question 22

Positives of incinerators

Answer 22

• There is little room to dump waste
• Many countries in the EU use incinerators to get rid of waste
• They can provide electricity for the surrounding area.
• They can provide jobs

Question 23

Negatives of incinerators

Answer 23

-They can be seen as a easy way to get rid of rubbish, environment friendly options like recycling are not being explored.

Question 24

Carcinogenic

Answer 24

A carcinogenic fume is a cancer-causing agent that can lead to different types of cancer.

Question 25

System

Answer 25

Sea = a system

Each system involves inputs process and outputs