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Geography
Economic Activites - Primary
Term | Definition |
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Primary economic activitie | Working with rocks, soil and water |
Secondary economic activitie | Making or manufacturing |
Tertiary economic activitie | Providing a service |
Resource | A service or other asset |
Renewable | Resources that can be used over and over again |
Infinite | Never run out or end |
Finite | Limited supply |
Sustainable | Not completely destroying resources |
Exploitation | The use of natural resources for humanity |
Irrigation | Artificial watering of land |
Raised Bog | Bog found in the Midlands & approx 8 metres deep |
Blanket Bog | Bog found along the west coast and mountains. Approx 3 to 4 metres deep. |
Depletion | Using resource faster than they can be renewed |
Input | Something added into a system |
Output | Something produced from a system |
Quotas | Government-imposed restriction |
Tillage | The preparation of soil by mechanical agitation |
Arable | Land that is capable of being used to grow crops |
Processes | Tasks or jobs done. |