Tuesday, April 11, 2017

ENERGY SOURCES: CLASSIFICATION





MINING

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 Environmental effects: changes to the land, on the surface and underground, pollution, destruction of the natural space.

MINING AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS

UNITE CONTENTS

1.- Raw material:
  • Definition
  • Origin
  • Classification
2.-Mining:
  • Definition
  • Environmental effect. 
3.-Energy sources:
  • Definition
  • Types: renewable /non-renewable; traditional /alternatives
4.-Industry:
  • Definition
  • Historical developmen: First Industrial Revolution, Second Industrial Revolution, Information and Automation Revolution.
  • Classification of industries: Base industries, capital goods industries, consumer goods industries.
  • Factors for industrial location: Traditional factors/ current factors.
  • Great industrial areas in the world.
 Industrial landscapes and environmental problems.


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RAW MATERIALS

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Agricultural landscape is created when people modify natural areas  in order to use them for crop agriculture, livestock farming or forestry.
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 It can be influenced by physical and human factors.

PHYSICAL FACTORS:
  • Climate: temperatures and rainfall
  • Relief: Sunny and shady sides of the mountains, incline of slopes, altitude.
  • Soil: the more appropriate nutrients the soild has, the better it is for agriculture.
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Plants need minimun temperatures (10ºC) and rainfall (between 900 and 1200 mm annually to grow)
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Flat surfaces facilitate agricultural work and very steeps slopes make it more difficult.

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Deep soil is more appropriate for the cultivation of  most crops because roots have more space to expand.
 
 

THE PRIMARY SECTOR


The primary sector consists of economic activities that obtain resources from nature. Those activities are: agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing and mining.



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Sunday, February 19, 2017

FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

Factors of production are the resources needed for creating 
 economic goods