2.5 Describe a local secondary activity in relation to its function and the factors that influence its location.
SOL 16: Describes, illustrates, interprets, predicts and explains patterns and relationships.
Secondary Economic Activities
Learning Intentions
You will be able to: „„
Explain what a ‘secondary economic activity’ is.
„„Explain the factors that influence the location of industry. „„Investigate an industry in its local area.
„„Explain why industries might change location over time.
25.1 What are Secondary
Economic Activities? Secondary economic activities refer to the making or manufacturing of products, often in factories. Raw/ resource materials – the inputs or ingredients needed to make the products – are processed (changed) to become new products. These new products – the outputs – can be either finished products or semi-finished products.
Key Words Inputs
Process Outputs
Finished products
Semi-finished products
Finished products can be heavy or bulky, e.g. concrete structures, or light, e.g. medicines. Inputs
