New Geography in Action Junior Cycle Geography 8 Secondary Economic
Activities: Industry in Ireland
In this chapter, you will learn:
about secondary economic activities about the factors that influence the location of a factory about the different types of manufacturing industries that conflict can arise between industry and the environment.
ICE-BREAKER ACT VITY
Name a factory in your area. What happens in this factory? Why do you think the factory is located where it is?
Secondary economic activities Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zz about secondary economic activities zz that secondary economic activity is a system of inputs, processes and outputs zz about manufacturing in Ireland.
Manufacturing System Inputs
Processes Outputs
Semi-finished product Finished product
Secondary economic activities involve making or manufacturing something. Secondary economic activities work as a system of inputs, processes and outputs. Processes involve doing something. These words often end in –ing.
Inputs
These are the things that we need to put in at the start. Examples: • workers
• money/capital • raw materials
Processes
These are the things we do to the inputs to turn them into semi-finished or finished products. Examples: • carving
• assembling Outputs
These are the things we have at the end. They can be semi- finished products which go on to form inputs again, such as a plank of wood. They can also be finished products which are ready for the market. Example: • furniture
