Sectors of the economy

EMS GRADE 9

PG. 119 - 124

We will learn about

Entrepreneurship• The primary sector

• The secondary sector

• The tertiary sector

• Types of businesses found in the there sectors

• The interrelationship of the tree sectors

• Sustainable use of resources in the tree sectors

• The role of the tree sectors in the economy

• Types of skills required in each sector.

Primary sector

•The economic sector in which businesses use

land and natural resources as raw materials.

• It’s the first layer of the economy.

• Some form are next slide:

Fishing

Farming

Forestry

Mining

Extracting oil and gas

Packing and processing raw

materials

Hunting and gathering

Primary-sector businesses

•Farming and mining are most important to a

country.

•They are a major part of the economies of

developing countries that are not industrialised.

Secondary sector• In which people use raw materials from primary sector to process or

manufacture things people can use.

• Businesses in the secondary sector are usually just outside the towns.

• This is the second layer of the economy.

• Businesses use raw materials from primary sector to process or manufacture

things that people can use.

• These are mainly industries

• Some types of businesses on next slides.

Food and drink factories

Textile factories

Clothing manufacturers

Bottling plants

Chemical plants

Construction

Car factories

Tertiary sector• The economic sector in which businesses offer service to public.

• Form the third layer of the economy.

• They include retail businesses such as department stores(Edgars, Jet and

Ackerman's)

• Electronic stores (Hi-Fi Corporation, Game and Dion)

• Small businesses are guest houses, hair salons, tour guide businesses and

individual doctors.

• Some types of businesses next slides:

Schools for education services

Hospitals for healthcare services

Banks for money management

services

Law firms and courts for legal

services

Restaurants for food and drinks

Tourism for entertainment services

Transportation services

Media service

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• Primary sells raw materials to secondary sector.

• Sells raw materials like apples to tertiary to sell fresh

Primary

• Buy raw materials from primary sector to manufactory.

• Sell manufactured/ finished goods to tertiary sector to sell.

Secondary • Sell machinery to

primary and secondary sector to use to manufacture or extract materials.

Tertiary

The interrelationship

between the three sectors