Work in the primary sector
Only 5% of the working population is employed in the primary sector in Spain. The main activities of this sector are:
• Agriculture: non-irrigated land with crops such as cereals, grapevine and olive or irrigated land with rice, fruits, beetroot, vegetables and legume.
• Cattle industry: with the breeding of bovine, pork, poultry and ovine.
• Fishing: catching mainly tuna, hake, sardine, anchovy, red sea bream and seafood.
• Forestry: From forests we obtain raw materials such as wood, resin and cork.
• Mining: with coal, iron, uranius sites and cement, marble and granite quarries.
Work in the secondary sector
30% of the working population is employed in the secondary sector in Spain. The main activities are:
• Production of energy: in hydraulic, thermal, nuclear, solar and wind station.
• Heavy industries: mainly the iron and steel and petrochemical industries which obtain products from petroleum.
• Consumer goods industries that produce the products we consume. The main industries are the food, cloth, electronic, car, shoe and metallurgical industries
• Building with any type of work: road, buildings, harbours, airports, train rails, etc.

EXERCISES

1. Which percentage of people work in the primary sector?

2. Which percentage of people work in the secondary sector?

3. Name some crops in non-irrigated land

4. Name some crops in irrigated land

5. Write the fish that appear in the fishing sector together with their Spanish translation.

6. Type of energy produced in the secondary sector.

7.Name the main industries in the consumer goods industries.