Types of Production

Types of Production

by Rose Thomas

​ What is Production?

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Production is the process of making, harvesting or creating something.

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There are three main types of industry in which firms operate. These sectors form a chain of production which provides customers with finished goods or services.

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​Types of Production

​Primary production

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​Secondary production

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Tertiary production

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​ Primary production

​  This involves acquiring raw materials . Primary production can be classified as the "extractive" industry. These include the industries that produce or extract raw materials. Farmers are an example of primary sector workers, as food items are collected as raw materials, such as wheat and milk, and are taken from the farm and made into other products such as bread sometimes known as extractive production.

Other examples include mining, oil drilled from the ground, rubber tapped from trees, foodstuffs farmed and fish. In traditional economies, the primary sector usually represents the largest sector of employment.

Multiple Choice

Primary Production is _______?

• When you offer a service

• Involves the removal of raw materials from the earth

• The making of products

• The selling of goods or services

Multiple Select

Select the list of activities associated with primary production.

• Farming Potatoes

• Catching fish

• The building of furniture

• Selling Marl

• Mining bauxite

Multiple Choice

All of these are industries in the primary sector EXCEPT?

• Agricultural Industry

• Tourist Industry

• Fishing Industry

• Forestry Industry

Multiple Choice

The sector that involves the extraction of raw materials.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

​Secondary Production

​ This is the manufacturing and assembly process. It involves converting raw materials into components, for example, making plastics from oil. It also involves assembling the product, eg building houses, bridges and roads.

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Assesbling  industries are engaged in bringing together various components or parts of bicycles, television, radio and these are some examples of assembling industries

Multiple Choice

The sector that involves manufacturing.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

​Tertiary production

​This refers to the commercial services that support the production and distribution process, eg insurance, transport, advertising, warehousing and other services such as teaching and health care.  Service companies do not provide a physical good like the primary or secondary sectors, but they still provide value.

Multiple Choice

What sector is the chef of a restaurant working in?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Multiple Choice

Which is the most dominant sector in a country that is at a low level of development?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Multiple Choice

3 types of tertiary jobs

• banker,teachers,doctor

• doctor,teacher,steel making

• fishing,hunting,astronaut

Multiple Choice

agriculture would be an example of

• secondary sector

• tertiary sector

• primary sector

Multiple Choice

insurance is an example of

• primary sector

• agriculture

• tertiary sector