Economic Activites
What are economic activities?
Economic activities produce specific goods or services.
What is the rural environment?
The rural environment includes villages and the land that surrounds them: farmland, forests, fields, etc.
What is the circular economy?
A new model of production: the waste is reused as a raw material for production.
What is consumption?
Consumption is the use of goods and services by people.
What is production?
A natural resource is obtained or transformed.
What is the urban environment?
The environment in cities.
What are the three phases in the traditional, linear economy?
Produce, use and throw away.
What does the consumer do?
The consumer buys something.
What are distribution and sales?
The products are transported and sold for a price.
What is sustainable development?
The use of resources without depleting them and without polluting the environment.
How is waste used as a resource?
Materials, such as paper and glass are used to make the same materials again.
What is advertising?
Advertising is when companies give information to consumers about their products or services.
People work in exchange for...?
Wages
What are examples of problems in cities?
Traffic jams, air pollution and waste.
What are second-hand products?
Used products that you buy and use again.
Complete the tip: Only ___ products that you really ___.
Only buy products and services that you really need.
What are examples of renewable energy sources?
Wind, water and sunlight.
What are two examples of solutions to problems in cities?
Correct answer: Reneweable energy and insulation, zero-emission vehicles, modern street lighting, more green areas.
Why is it important to separate waste for recycling?
It means fewer resources are extracted from nature, and factories use less energy to produce new paper and glass.
What can we ask ourselves about adverts?
1. What is the message?
2. How does the advert catch our attention?
3. Who sends the message?