Who works in the nature?
The
raw materials are the natural
products that we obtain from the nature (land or sea).
We
get natural products from:
FARMING
LIVESTOCK FARMING
FISHING
MINING
PRIMARY
SECTOR
Workers
obtain the raw materials from the nature.
1.ARABLE
FARMING:
It is the farming of plants.
a. Dry crops: they need only rainwater
to grow
b. Irrigted crops: they need extra water from lakes,
rivers or wells to grow.
2.
LIVESTOCK FARMING:
It is the farming of
animals.
- sheep farming
-goat farming
-cattle farming
- pig farming
-equine farming
- poultry farming
The farming of animals can be:
a. In extensive farming: the animals spend a lot of time outdoors, in open spaces. They
can move around freely and eat grass and insects.
b. In intensive farming: the animals keep in
enclosed spaces, often indoors.
3.FISHING:
It is the catching fish,
shellfish, seaweed from rivers, lakes and oceans
a. maritime
fishing: takes place at the seas and oceans
deep-sea fishing takes place far out at
the sea.
coastal fishing takes place near the coast.
b.fluvial fishing: takes place in rivers or lakes.
4.
MINING:
It involves extracting
rocks and minerals (coal, silver, gold...) from the surface or from inside the
Earth.
a. Underground mining: is extracted in
deep tunnels below the Earth's surface.
b. Surface mining: is extracted from near
the surface of the Earth.
