Question

Which of the following examples best demonstrates how the tertiary sector supports both the primary and secondary sectors?

Options

• Farmers grow vegetables and sell them directly to consumers, with no transportation or storage involved.

• A factory makes shoes and uses raw materials like leather to create the product, relying on transport and retail stores to distribute the shoes.

• A bakery bakes bread and uses delivery services to send the bread to local shops for sale, without any direct involvement of raw materials.

• A company produces furniture from wood, but does not require any transport or retail services to sell the product.

Answer 1

A factory makes shoes and uses raw materials like leather to create the product, relying on transport and retail stores to distribute the shoes.

Explanation

• The primary sector provides raw materials (e.g., leather from animals).
• The secondary sector manufactures goods (e.g., making shoes).
• The tertiary sector supports both by offering transportation, storage, banking, and retail services to distribute and sell the finished goods.