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PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Use Natural Resources from the land and sea
WHICH OF THESE IS NOT RELEVANT TO IRELAND
SECONDARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Process natural resources to make things
TERTIARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Services that are provided
WHICH FIVE OF THESE ARE NATURAL RESOURCES
1. Coal
2.Fabrics
3.Bread
4.Natural Gas
5.Oil
6.Paper
7.Water
8.Glass
9.Peat
10.Plastic
A RENEWABLE RESOURCE
A resource we can use again and again. Its
always available and there is almost no end to
its supply
WATER
WIND
SOLAR
WATER: THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL RESOURCES
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Water is a renewable resource.
The sun evaporates water from rivers lakes and the sea (Evaporation)
which rises and then cools (condensation) into clouds
When clouds get to heavy they drop water as rain (Precipitation)
The falling rain eventually gathers in rivers, lakes and the sea (Collection)
Water is essential to life we can only survive a few days without water
How does it get from the sky to our taps.
Rainwater collected in manmade lakes
called reservoir's
Rainwater piped to treatments plants
where pollutants are removed and
flouride is added
Clean water piped from
local reservoirs to
homes.
Clean water stored in local
reservoirs
Treated water stored in large reservoir and pump
local reservoirs
WATER POLLUTION: Can make drinking water unhealthy and kill wildlife along
riverbanks or the coast
Fertilisers in farming can soak into rivers. This causes an algae to grow which
deprives the water of oxygen
Many industries, especially in developing countries, pour
their toxic waste directly into rivers or the sea
We get most of our energy from either Oil and / or Natural Gas
These are Finite resources meaning there is only a certain
amount of them and they will eventually run out
These are Non-Renewable resources
SAUDI ARABIA IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROVIDER OF OIL
Oil has brought huge wealth to the country but not for
everyone. The rich have got much richer.
SAUDI ARABIA IS DEPENDENT ON ITS OIL TO SUPPORT
ITS ECONOMY. WHEN THE OIL RUNS OUT THEIR
ECONOMY WILL SUFFER
THEY NEED TO DIVERSIFY, FIND NEW INDUSTRIES FOR
THEIR ECONOMY.
WRITE DOWN THREE PROS AND
THREE CONS ABOUT THE
KINSALE GAS FIELD
CORRIB GAS CONTROVESY
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Shell want to process gas from
the Corrib Gas Field in Mayo on
land near peoples homes. They
say it will provide jobs for the
local area and is to expensive to
process at sea
Shell to Sea want Shell to
process the gas at sea.
They say developing a
processing facility on land
will damage the
environment and pose a
danger to people living in
the area.
THE ROSSPORT FIVE
Five local men who objected to the Corrib Gas proposal because they live
near it. They were imprisoned for protesting against the proposal
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY: PEAT IN IRELAND
Where we extract resources from the ground eg, Coal, Peat
RAISED BOG
• 8m DEEP
• LOCATED ON FLAT LAND
• MIDLANDS OF IRELAND
BLANKET BOG
• 1.5M DEEP
• MOUNTAIN AREAS
• WEST OF IRELAND, DUBLIN MOUNTAINS
BORD NA MONA: STATE COMPANY
RESPOSIBLE FOR PEAT EXTRACTION
IN IRELAND
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LOOK AT p289 IN TEXT BOOK. LIST PICTURES A-D ABOVE IN ORDER OF OF STEPS ONE
TO FOUR
PREPARING THE BOG
1 DRAIN THE BOG OF WATER
MAKE A DITCH USING A
MACHINT CALLED A
DITCHER
ALL THE WATER
IN THE BOG
DRAINS INTO
THR DITCH
2 FLATTEN OUT THE BOG
FLATTEN THE BOG
USING A GRADER
3 LAY DOWN RAILWAY TRACKS
MANY BOGS USE RAIL LINES
TO TRANSPORT PEAT FROM
ONE END OF THE BOG TO
THE OTHER
PEAT PRODUCTS
NATURAL RESOURCES: FISHING
• FISH ARE A NATURAL RENEWABLE RESOURCE
• HOWEVER IF MORE FISH ARE TAKEN FROM THE SEA THAN CAN REPRODUCE THEN
FISH STOCKS WILL DEPLETE (FALL)
• THIS IS CALLED OVERFISHING
WHY IS OVERFISHING BECOMING A PROBLEM
SONAR: HELPS FIND FISH
BIGGER BOATS: CAN GO
FURTHER OUT TO SEA. STAY OUT
LONGER AND CATCH MORE FISH
BIGGER NETS: HELPS CATCH
MORE FISH
FISHING IN IRELAND
Ireland has one of the richest fishing waters in the
world. This is because:
North Atlantic Drift warms coast
Ireland has a coastline with lots of bays and
inlets so sheltered harbours
Irish waters rich in plankton which fish eat
TO PRESERVE FISH STOCKS
THE EU HAS FISH
QUOTAS.
THIS MEANS
THERE IS A LIMIT
ON THE AMOUNT
OF FISH BOATS
CAN CATCH
EXCLUSION ZONES MEANS
ONLY IRISH FISHERMAN
CAN FISH IN IRISH
WATERS. THIS STOPS BIG
COMMERCIAL VESSELS
FROM SPAIN COMING INTO
OUR WATERS