10.3 Industries and Earth's Resources Quiz

What are the four types of primary industries?

• Transportation, Manufacturing, Mining, Service

• Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Mining

• Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Retail

• Forestry, Transportation, Mining, Manufacturing

What is the term for farming that produces only enough food for a family's own needs?

• Commercial farming

• Subsistence farming

• Nomadic herding

• Crop rotation

Which industry sector involves making clothing from raw materials?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

What is the world’s second largest export commodity?

• Petroleum

• Iron

• Seafood

• Gold

What is the most important property of precious metals?

• Quantity mined

• Ability to conduct electricity

• Beauty, durability, scarcity, and trade value

• Radioactivity

Name the four main properties that make metals so useful in industry.

Compare subsistence animal husbandry (nomadic herding) and ranching.

Give two ways that foresters work to protect and sustain forest resources.

Explain why coal is not technically considered a mineral, according to the text.

The most important alloy in the world is steel.

• true

• false