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GCSE Geography · key term
Economic activities that provide services, such as retail, transport, healthcare and banking.
Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR
Paper 2
Economic activities that provide services, such as banking, transport, retail and telecommunications.
Economic activities that provide services rather than manufacture goods, such as education, retail and banking.
Specification 5.6 · Paper 2
Economic activity that provides services, such as retail, transport, healthcare and banking.
Revise: Economic Sectors and Investment ChangesThe tertiary sector provides services, while the quaternary sector involves knowledge-based work such as information technology and research. Quaternary activities are often counted within broader service-sector figures, so they should not automatically be added to tertiary figures as a separate total.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Activities that provide services, such as retail, transport, banking and telecommunications.
Revise: Economic Trends and Data AnalysisThe tertiary sector provides services, including transport, retail, banking and telecommunications.
Economic activities that provide services, such as healthcare, education, retail and banking.
Specification 7.1c · Paper 2, Paper 3
Economic activities that provide services, such as retail, healthcare, education and banking.
Revise: Economic ChangesThe tertiary sector provides services, including shops, banking, teaching and healthcare. The quaternary sector involves research and innovation, such as scientists developing new medicines or engineers designing new technology. Quaternary activities are often included within services in official statistics, so check how categories have been grouped before comparing figures.
Formal/informal employment and primary/secondary/tertiary sectors are different classifications. A factory job can be informal if it is unregulated.
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