THE SECONDARY SECTOR

Mining, energy production, industry and construction all form part of this sector.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

In the past, the industrial sector employed a lot of people. Today, it employs fewer people due to an increase in mechanisation.

• True

• False

Many companies have relocated their factories to countries where labour is cheaper. These multinationals are part of a global market.

• True

• False

They are found in nature that can be transformed through industrial processes into usable products.

• Energy sources

• Raw materials

Raw materials from animals

• cotton

• rubber

• wool

• wood

Raw materials from minerals are found in rocks and are mined. Most minerals need to be transformed to make them into materials that can be used for manufacturing products.

• False

• True

Non-metallic minerals. 

• bauxite

• haematite

• salt

• sulfur

The extraction and transformation of raw materials into products is carried out by ...

• construction

• industry

• manufacture

• mining

They are used by the construction industry.

• Granite

• Coal

• Slate

• Oil

It is very complicated and dangerous; shafts and tunnels need to be dug, water needs to be drained and the air supply has to be constantly renewed.

• Underground mines

• Opencast mines