Exploring Topics in Unit 5
Name: ______Date:______
* READ pages 216 - 218 and last paragraph page 224 - 226 before attempting any of the questions below.
* This worksheet is intended for you to acquire some new knowledge on your own by reading the text.
* Be sure to do the definitions and examples section ONLY AFTER reading the pages listed.
* Finally do the multiple choice section to demonstrate your understanding of what you have read and defined.
NOTE: some of these items were already covered in the last class.
DEFINITIONS & EXAMPLES
1.
Define Labour intensive. See page 217.2.
Identify 2 examples of manufacturing operations which are labour intensive.3.
Define Captial intensive. See page 218.4.
Identify 2 examples of manufacturing operations which are capital intensive.5.
Define HEAVY Industry. See page 218.6.
Identify 3 examples of products which are classified as HEAVY Industry products.7.
Define LIGHT Industry. See page 218.8.
Identify 3 examples of products which are classified as LIGHT Industry products.9.
Define Market-Oriented Industry. Use Glossary!10.
Give 2 examples of operations that would be examples of Market-Oriented Industry.11.
Define Resource-Oriented Industry. Use Glossary!12.
Give 2 examples of operations that would be examples of Resource-Oriented Industry.13.
Define Agglomerating Tendency. See page 22514.
Identify 2 examples of manufacturing operations which illustrate agglomerating tendency.Only attempt the multiple choice section AFTER reading the pages required AND completing the Definitions and examples section above!
MULTIPLE CHOICE
15. Which type of manufacturing process is illustrated by the processing of cedar trees into
cedar deck boards?
a. / conditioning / c. / analyticb. / heavy industrial / d. / synthetic
16. Which type of manufacturing process takes several resources and puts them together to create one product?
a. / conditioning / c. / heavy industrialb. / analytic / d. / synthetic
17. Which may be classified as capital intensive?
a. / camera assembly plant / c. / guitar manufacturerb. / manufacturing custom jewelry / d. / airplane assembly plant
18. Which occupation would be considered part of the secondary sector?
a. / Pharmacist. / c. / Graphic designer.b. / Car assembler. / d. / Miner.
19. Which product would be produced by a heavy industry?
a. / cd payers / c. / pickup trucksb. / oil tanker / d. / contact lenses
20. Which type of manufacturing process is illustrated by the processing of seal into vitamins & mineral oils, fur pelts, lamp oil and meat products?
a. / conditioning / c. / syntheticb. / heavy industrial / d. / analytic
21. Abitbi-Bowater was located in the middle of NL near the trees it required to make pulp and the river for hydroelectricity. Abitibi-Bowater is best described by which type of industry?
a. / weight-gain / c. / resource-orientedb. / labour intensive / d. / market-oriented
22. Which type of industry is described in these scenarios?
· Nova Crafts Coop is a craft workers’ cooperative that produces knitted goods aimed at the tourism market.· Novelty Chocolate Limited is a privately-owned enterprise that produces specialty chocolates as gift items.
a. / Capital-intensive / c. / Resource-oriented
b. / Light industry / d. / Heavy industry
23. What statement most accurately describes a resource-oriented industry?
a. / The manufacturing process reduces the weight of the inputsb. / The manufacturing process increases the weight of inputs
c. / They are located close to market to reduce transportation costs.
d. / A large amount of highly skilled labour required for production
24. Which term best refers to a manufacturing operation in which a weight-loss in inputs contributes to a value-gain in outputs? See pages 218 and 225!
a. / Market-oriented industry / c. / Light industryb. / Resource-oriented industry / d. / Heavy industry
25. Which type of manufacturing process takes one resource and creates several different products from it?
a. / synthetic / c. / conditioningb. / heavy industrial / d. / analytic
26. Which would be produced by a resource-oriented industry?
a. / cement mixing plant / c. / beer productionb. / soft drinks producer & bottler / d. / pure fruit juice manufacturer
27. Which type of manufacturing process inolves only minor changes to the resource to make the product or output?
a. / synthetic / c. / conditioningb. / heavy industrial / d. / analytic
28. Which type of industry locates near its general consumers as a way of cutting
transportation costs?
a. / market-oriented / c. / resource-orientedb. / capital intensive / d. / labour intensive
29. Which would be produced by a market-oriented industry?
a. / nickel / c. / pulp and paperb. / soft drinks / d. / wine
30. Which term best refers to the kind of scenario described below?
A tire manufacturer decides to open a business near an automobile assembly plant in Ontario.
a. / Light industry / c. / Primary activityb. / Tertiary activity / d. / Agglomerating tendency
31. Which term best refers to a manufacturing operation in which a weight-gain in inputs contributes to a value-gain in outputs? See pages 218 and 225!
a. / Heavy industry / c. / Light industryb. / Market-oriented industry / d. / Resource-oriented industry
32. Which type of manufacturing process is illustrated by a car plant bringing together the tires, seats, sheet metal, glass, electronic components and motors to produce new automobiles?
a. / analytic / c. / conditioningb. / synthetic / d. / heavy industrial
33. Which is a natural input in the Abitibi-Bowater paper making plant?
a. / trees / c. / machineryb. / capital / d. / labour
34. What is the service sector of the economy referred to as:
a. / Secondary industry / c. / Tertiary industryb. / Quaternary industry / d. / Primary industry