Primary Economic Activities

Which of the following describes primary economic activities?

• Jobs/industries which involve working directly with (or extracting) natural resources

• Jobs/industries which involve making/manufacturing things.

• Jobs/industries that involve providing services for people.

A finite natural resource is also known as a......

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

Water is a renewable natural resource

• True

• False

Water that is safe to drink is known as:

• potable water

• soluable water

• hard water

• soft water

Look at this diagram of the water cycle. What is happening at the part labelled 3?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Run-off

When water is treated, what chemicals are added?

• Chlorine and bleach

• Bleach and fluoride

• Chlorine and fluoride

• Fluoride and Peroxide

An example of an irrigation scheme is the Central Valley Project in

The shallow waters near the coastline are known as:

• the continental shelf

• fishing grounds

• the Irish Conservation Box

• plankton zone

Which of the following are all major Irish fishing ports?

• Tralee, Athlone, Ennis, Fermanagh

• Salthill, Kilkenny, Bundoran, Cork

• Killybegs, Rossaveal, Burtonport, Dunmore East

Membership of the EU has affected the fishing industry in Ireland in the following way:

• It has lead to overfishing in Irish waters because of foreign trawlers fishing here

• It has lead to more fish being available to find in Irish waters

• It has made fishing a more popular industry in Ireland over the last 40 years