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Design Flashcards

1
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What are built environments?

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Areas people build for a purpose, changing the natural environment.

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What is ecological balance?

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Occurs when people, plants, animals, microbes, the elements and the atmosphere interact harmoniously.

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What consequences should be considered whilst developing a technology?

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Impact on the environment or ecosystem 
Costs to the community
Availability of resources
Use of renewable energy 
Opportunity to recycle
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4
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What is the life cycle of tomato sauce?

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Cultivate tomatoes
Manufacture the sauce
Product distribution, retail and consumption
Recycling

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What is sustainability?

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Meeting the needs of the present without making it difficult for future generations to meet their needs, ensuring that the resources we use can be replenished.

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What is conserving?

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Keeping safe, in particular preserving for the future.

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What are 5 main renewable energies?

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Oil/Gas, Wind, Water, Sun, Waves

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What’s a resource?

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Something we use to achieve our goals; can be human or non-human

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What does photovoltaic mean?

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Materials that convert sunlight directly into electricity.

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What is the Greenhouse Effect?

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Also known as global warming; occurs when the gases in the Earth’s atmosphere insulate it, preventing the sun’s heat from escaping into space.

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What is the ozone layer?

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The layer of gases above the Earth’s surface that forms a protective shield, preventing radiation from the sun.

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What does renewable mean?

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Able to be renewed; resources are replaced within a time span that is relevant to humans.

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What are some of the issues that remind us that we must care for our environment?

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The greenhouse effect
The depletion of the ozone layer
Species under threat of extinction
Air and water pollution
Waste disposal
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What is hydro-electricity?

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Electricity produced using the energy created by the flow of water.

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What is salinity?

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The underground salt level rises, making the soil too salty for cultivation.

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What does ecological refer to?

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The relationship between living things and their environment.

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What is innovation?

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A product or system that satisfies a new need or an existing one in a different way.

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What are emerging technologies?

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The new materials, tools and techniques that are the foundation of new designs.

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What is nanotechnology?

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The science that creates miniature machines out of molecules to store data or process instructions. A nanometer is one billionth of a metre.

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What are control technologies?

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Management of the operation of another system, so that it is programmed to act in a predetermined way

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What is mechanisation?

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The use of machinery in the productive process.

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What are natural resources?

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Naturally occurring sources of wealth such as land, water, minerals, petroleum, and vegetation.

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23
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What is an entrepreneur?

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A person who takes risks in the process of developing a new venture or product.

24
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What is polymer?

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Compound derived by the combinations of many smaller molecules.

25
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What does porous mean?

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Easily penetrated, allowing the passage of gas or liquid through the pores.

26
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What is biomass?

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Plant material, vegetation, or agricultural waste used as a fuel or energy source.

27
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What does it mean to analyse something?

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Break into parts, determine the essential features of.

28
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What are fibre optics?

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The process of sending light instead of electricity as signals along a fibre optic cable.

29
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What does tool up mean?

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Ensure that all machines are ready for production; that each machine is set to the correct settings for the manufacture of that particular product.

30
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What is technology?

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The knowledge and creative processes that are involved in the development and use of materials, tools and techniques.

31
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What are some comments that could be made about design?

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Happens by accident
Is planned
Solves problems
Involves making choices
Is a creative process
Meets our needs
Is a process of thinking and creating
Finds answers to practical problems
Is about function and aesthetics
Involves creative thinking
Must consider others
32
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What is the process of design?

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Finding the problem, developing ideas, experimenting then solving the problem.

33
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What is opportunity?

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Recognition of an appropriate situation or a chance for design.

34
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What does nutritious mean?

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Nourishing, containing appropriate nutrients.

35
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What is a questionnaire?

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A list of questions designed to gather specific information.

36
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Who or what is a respondent?

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A person completing a questionnaire.

37
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What is authenticity?

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Whether it is of genuine origin.

38
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What is recycling?

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Re-use of an item as raw material for a new product.

39
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What does it mean to be professional?

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Doing something for payment or as a full-time occupation.

40
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What is industry?

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Manufacture or trade situation.

41
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What does isometric mean?

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Showing the object tilted on a corner from above.

42
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What does it mean to render?

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To use drawing techniques to create realistic images.

43
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What is a working drawing?

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A picture drawn to scale with measurements and following drawing conventions

44
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What is management?

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Control of all aspects.

45
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What are limitations?

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Factors that inhibit the process.

46
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What is maintenance?

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Keeping in working condition.

47
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What is a spreadsheet?

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Software that enables you to use mathematical processing.

48
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What should you do before the production stage?

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Test the materials we plan to use to check their appropriateness
Experiment to develop the skills we need to use the tools safely and efficiently
Practice any new techniques that could be required

49
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What is a realisation?

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Reaching a conclusion.

50
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What is preparation?

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Having everything ready.

51
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What is construction?

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Putting the parts together, building.

52
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What is evaluation?

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Making judgements about the success.

53
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What does ongoing mean?

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Occurring on a regular basis.

54
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What is drapery?

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The way the fabric falls in certain positions.

55
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What does mass-produced mean?

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Large numbers of items.

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