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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 Activities | People who work with natural resources E.T.C:Miner, Forest Work |
| Secondary Activities | People who bake or manufacter something E.T.C:Baker,Factory Worker |
| Tertiary Activities | People tge work with all kinds of services E.T.C: Nurse,Taxi Driver |
| Renewable Resource | A resource that you can use overandf over again E.T.C:Water,Solar |
| Natural Resource | Something provide by nature E.T.C:Land,Water |
| Irrigation | Artificial watering of land |
| Non Renewable Resources | Something you can't use over and over again E.T.C:Coal,Oil |
| Finite | Something that will eventually run out E.T.C:Oil,Coal |
| Artificial Lake | A man-made lake usally used for water storage |
| Bord Na Mona | Set up in the 1940's to commercially exploit Irelands bogs |
| Cutaway Bogs | Bogs that remain after the peat in them has been harvested |
| Ditcher | 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 |
| HEP | Hydro Electric Power |
| Inputs | Raw materials |