Geography vocabulary "5ª Unit"

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

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.

AGRICULTURE
     *Cereal                                   *fruits and vegetables
wheat/barley/corn/rice          potatoes/tomatoes/melons/lettuce/peppers/strawberries

     *Fruit trees
Orange/tangerine/peach/lemon/apple trees/banana trees/avocado/custard apple/mango

     *grapevines                           *Industrial crops
  and olive trees                 cotton/sunflowers/tobacco/sugar beet

LIVESTOCK
     *Bovine(crow and bulls)    *Ovine(sheep)    *Caprine(goats)    *Porcin(pigs)

FORESTRY
  *conifers         *hardwood                                                     *Precious woods
 pine/fir          birch/beech/maple/oak/eucalyptus/bamboo     ebony/teak/mahogany/cedar

*natural rubber(hevea)

FISHING(traditional/artisanal/industrial)
Hake/sardine/whiting/cod/anchovy/herring/octopus/tuna

AQUACULTURE
freshwater trout/carp/turbot/salmon/salmon/sea bream/sea bass/oysters/clams/mussels/shrimp/prawn/lobster


Traditional agriculture:
      -subsistence
      -For self-consumption

Modern agriculture:
      -commercial:
                    *Using specialised machinery(ploughs/broadcast seeders/tractors/combine harvesters) and Industrial production techniques(crops under plastic/greenhouses/drip irrigation)
       -Ecological