AQA GCSE - Design and Technology

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Section A - Core Technical Principles
Section a core technical principl...
1  cards
1.1 - New and Emerging Technologies
How does automation help designer...,
How do robots help designers in m...,
What are the advantages of automa...
57  cards
1.2 - Energy Generation and Storage
How exactly are fossil fuels used...,
What are fossil fuels 2,
What are the advantages of fossil...
39  cards
1.3 - Development in New Materials
What are some examples of modern ...,
What is graphene modern material 2,
What is metal foam modern material 3
35  cards
1.4 - Systems Approach to Designing
What are system diagrams 1,
In an electrical circit what are ...,
In an electrical circit what are ...
18  cards
1.5 - Mechanical Devices
What are the different types of m...,
Exam style question which type of...,
What is a lever 3
43  cards
1.6 - Materials and their Working Properties
What is the difference between a ...,
What are some different physical ...,
What is absorbency physical prope...
104  cards
Section B - Specialist Technical Principles
Section b specialist technical pr...
1  cards
2.1 - Selection of Materials or Components
What are some different factors w...,
How do designers concider aesthet...,
How do designers consider functio...
11  cards
2.2 - Forces and Stresses
What are some different forms of ...,
What happens to a material during...,
What happens to a material during...
12  cards
2.3 - Ecological and Social Footprint
What is meant by the term product...,
How does manufacturing result in ...,
How does mining impact the enviro...
22  cards
2.4 - Papers and Boards
0  cards
2.5 - Timbers
What is newly cut timber which ha...,
Why does timber need to be season...,
What are the two types of timber ...
73  cards
2.6 - Metals
Metals are extracted or seperated...,
What is electrolysis and what met...,
How is aluminium extracted using ...
57  cards
2.7 - Polymers
Man made polymers are referred to...,
What are plastics derived from 2,
What is fractional distillation 3
48  cards
2.8 - Tools, Processes, Shaping and Forming of Timbers, Metals and Polymers
What are some different saws used...,
What is a rip cross cut saw used ...,
What is a tenon saw used for and ...
26  cards
2.9 - Textiles
0  cards
2.10 - Electronics and Mechanical Systems
0  cards
2.11 - Scales of Production
What are some different scales of...,
What is one off production 2,
What is batch production 3
10  cards
2.12 - Specialist Techniques and Processes
What is a production aid 1,
What is a jig production aid 2,
What is a template production aid 3
8  cards
Section C - Designing and Making Principles
Section c designing and making pr...
1  cards
3.1 - Designing Principles
What is market research 1,
What is primary market research 2,
What is secondary market research 3
79  cards
3.2 - Making Principles
What factors do designers need to...,
How is availability considered wh...,
How is functional need considered...
43  cards
3.3 - Design Companies
List some different design compan...,
What does alessi do and what is i...,
What does apple do and what is it...
9  cards
3.4 - Notable Designers
Who was harry beck what did he ma...,
Who is sir norman foster and what...,
Who is dame zaha hadid dbe and wh...
6  cards

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