3.1.1.3 Economic sectors

• The economy can be divided into three main economic sectors
• What type of activities are included in the primary sector?

  Extraction of raw materials
• What is the role of the primary sector in the economy?

  Provides foundational resources
• Arrange the three economic sectors in order of their primary functions:

  1️⃣ Primary: Extraction of raw materials

  2️⃣ Secondary: Manufacturing and processing

  3️⃣ Tertiary: Provision of services
• Give an example of a secondary sector activity.

  Construction
• Match each economic sector with its definition:

  Primary ↔️ Extraction of raw materials

  Secondary ↔️ Manufacturing and processing

  Tertiary ↔️ Provision of services
• What are examples of secondary sector activities?

  Factories and construction
• The tertiary sector includes activities such as healthcare, education, retail, and finance
• The three economic sectors are primary, secondary, and tertiary
• What is the main activity of the secondary sector?

  Manufacture goods
• Name an example of an activity in the primary sector.

  Agriculture
• The secondary sector takes raw materials from the primary sector and transforms them through manufacturing
• Which sector supplies finished goods to the tertiary sector?

  Secondary
• The tertiary sector provides services
• Name a key activity in the tourism industry of the tertiary sector.

  Hotels
• Order the flow of outputs between the three economic sectors:

  1️⃣ Primary produces raw materials

  2️⃣ Secondary processes raw materials into finished goods

  3️⃣ Tertiary provides services using finished goods
• The interconnections between economic sectors are essential for economic growth.

  True
• The tertiary sector focuses on the provision of services
• Agriculture is an example of a primary sector activity.


  True
• The primary sector provides raw materials essential for the manufacturing processes in the secondary
• The secondary sector manufactures finished goods from raw materials.


  True
• The secondary sector takes raw materials from the primary sector and transforms them into finished products
• The secondary sector supplies finished goods to the tertiary sector.


  True
• What is the role of the tertiary sector in the economy?

  Provides services
• What is the primary activity of the primary sector?

  Extract raw materials
• The tertiary sector focuses on providing services rather than producing goods.

  True
• The primary sector extracts and produces raw materials
• What is involved in the mining activity of the primary sector?

  Extract minerals
• Give an example of an activity in the secondary sector.

  Factories
• The secondary sector relies on the primary sector for raw materials.

  True
• What is an example of an activity in the tertiary sector?

  Healthcare
• The three economic sectors are interconnected and highly interdependent
• What does the primary sector provide to the secondary sector?

  Raw materials
• The interconnectedness between economic sectors relies on their mutual interdependence