Revision Flashcards
when was the industrial revolution?
1780
When was the digital revolution?
1940
What is automation?
Robotic automation of manufacturing processes offers significantly greater consistency, accuracy,reliability and productivity than human workers.
An example of automation
automated milking machines (cows now take themselves off for milking and queue up to be milked by robots at their own will
What are the 6R’s?
Reduce
Rethink
Refuse
Recycle
Reuse
Repair
What is renewable energy?
Is using power from things in nature that never run out.
Types of renewable energy
Wind
Wave
Solar
Geothermal
Tidal
Biomass
Examples of renewable energy
Sunlight
Wind
Water
Heat
What is non-finite materials?
Resources include those that are unlikely to be exhausted or those that are replaced faster than we can use them
Example of non-finite materials
Oxygen
Fresh water
Timber
Leather
What is ecological and social footprint?
All the materials leave a footprint in terms of the impact their production and consumption has on the plant
What is efficient working?
It aims to remove waste from any process witch may manifest itself.
What is pollution?
Is our air and waterways can be affected by industrial pollution
What is global warming?
Primiarliy caused by excess of Co2 in the atmosphere that traps heat warming the planet