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Primary Economic Act
Key Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economic Activities | Something we do to earn money |
| Types Of Economic Activities | Primary, Secondary, Tertiary |
| Primary Econmomic Activities | How we use natural resouces to make money eg. Farmer, Miner |
| Secondary Econmomic Activities | The manufacturing of something eg. Factory Worker, Engineer |
| Tertiary Economic Activities | A service being provided eg. Teacher, Taxi Driver |
| Renewable Resources | A resouce that can be used again and again eg. Water |
| Natural Recources | Something provided by nature eg. Water |
| Irrigation | The artificial watering of land |
| Non Renewable Recources | A resource that can only be used once |
| Finite | Something that can run out |
| Artificial Lake | Man made lake used for water storage |
| Bord Na Mona | Set up in the 1940's to commercially exlpliot Ireland's bogs |
| Cutaway Bogs | Bogs that remain after the peat in them has been harvested |
| Dither | A machine used to drain bogs |
| Evaporation | Water turning into vapour because of heat |
| Factory Ships | Ships that can stay at sea for several months clearing vast areas of fish |
| Grader | Machine used to level bogs |