Animal, vegetable or mineral?
All products come from natural resources. When these natural resources are sold or traded they are called commodities. Commodities obtained from cattle could be milk, beef or leather. From sheep we get wool and mutton or lamb. Wheat is a commodity. Timber, fruit and vegetables are commodities. The sea provides commodities like fish and salt.
Minerals in Australia are valuable natural resources. They are sold as commodities for the manufacture of different products all over the world.
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This section should take you around 5 hours to complete. Some parts will require more work than others, so it would be a good idea to review the whole resource before you start working so that you can plan your time effectively.
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In this section you are going to learn about:
- gain an insight into the variety of commodities
traded around the world - appreciate the number of people that may be involved along the production line from resources to end product.
With your new knowledge you will be able to make better informed choices for personal or global benefit.
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