Economic Sectors

Economic Sectors

Unit 2.3

Objective

● WG. 11A: Understand the connections

between levels of development and
economic activities (primary, secondary,
tertiary, and quaternary)

Four Sectors of the Economy

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Quaternary

Fill in the Blank

The four Sectors of an Economy is Primary, Secondary _________, and Quaternary

Primary Sector

● Economic activities which

consists in exploiting
natural resources.
○

Example:
■

Agriculture

■

Fishing

■

Forestry

■

Mining

■

Oil Extraction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not part of the primary sector.

• Mining

• Call Center

• Fishing

• Forestry

Secondary Sector

●

Covers the manufacturing of
goods in the economy.

●

Secondary Sector takes
resources from the primary
sector and produces other
goods.
○Examples:
■Construction

■Food Processing

■Auto Manufacturing

■Factories

Match

Match the Following

• Ford factory 1

• Apple factory 2

• Oil rig 1

• Farming greens 2

secondary 1

secondary 2

primary 1

primary 2

• secondary 1

• secondary 2

• primary 1

• primary 2

Tertiary Sector

●

The sector of the economy
that concerns services.

●

This sector covers a wide
range of activities such as:
○

Commerce

○

Administration

○

Transportation

○

Financial

○

Real Estate

○

Business

○

Personal services

○

Education

○

Health and Social work

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not part of the tertiary sector?

• Selling a house

• Driving for Uber

• Doing someone's taxes

• Bulding a house

Quaternary Sector

● Includes intellectual

services such as
technological
advancement and
innovation.
○

Examples:
■

Scientist

■

Research

■

Technology

Economic Activity Levels: Pencil

Primary:

-resources needed to make a pencil:

-wood
-graphite (lead)
-rubber (eraser)
-metal

Secondary:

-putting the resources together in a
factory to make the penciL

Quaternary:

-the CEO of pencil company
-researching and developing better ways
to make a pencil

Tertiary:

-selling the pencil to consumers