Theory question 102
Production(a) Define division of labour.
(b) State three features of capital.
(c) Explain the following occupations giving four examples of each: (i) extraction; ii manufacturing
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(a) Division of labour is breaking a production process into separate tasks, with each worker or group doing one task.
(b) Any three: man-made; supply can be increased; reward is interest; depreciates (wears out) over time; mobile; used to produce other goods; results from saving.
(c)(i) Extraction: obtaining natural resources from land, water or air. Examples (any four): farming, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil drilling, hunting, lumbering.
(ii) Manufacturing: changing raw materials into finished or semi-finished goods. Examples (any four): textile making, brewing, cement making, car assembly, food processing, furniture making, soap making.
Give a definition before the examples in (c).