Activities: How we use the world’s natural resources
In this chapter, you will learn:
what economic activities and natural resources are that water is a renewable resource about primary economic activities (fishing, farming and forestry) that natural resources can be exploited in a sustainable way.
ICE-BREAKER ACT VITY
Nature provides us with many things that we can use. Can you and your classmates make a list of these things? How do we use them?
Economic activities and natural resources Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zzthat there are three types of economic activity
zzthat natural resources can be both renewable and non-renewable.
Economic activities
Economic activities are what people do to earn a living. They can be put into three groups – primary economic activities, secondary economic activities and tertiary economic activities.
ACT VITY
Divide into groups of three and write down 12 economic activities. Make a list of (i) what is similar about these economic activities, and (ii) what is different about these economic activities.
