WJEC 1.10 - Legal and Ethical - Environmental

E-waste refers to any form of _____________ electrical or electronic equipment, including those destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling, or disposal.

• discarded

• expensive

• unwanted

• working

If a factory produces 40,000 semiconductors a month, how much water would it consume in one day?

• 1 million litres

• 10 million litres

• 20 million litres

• 50 million litres

Using the 'sleep' mode on a digital device such as computer or printer can reduce energy consumption by up to _______

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Carbon ____________ refers to the amount of carbon dioxide an individual or organisation produces as a result of the energy they consume.

• reading

• footprint

• history

• logging

What raw materials can be recovered from discarded mobile phones?

• Iron, lead, steel

• Gold, silver, copper

• Silver, mercury, copper

• Copper, aluminium, cadmium

Choose all the ways in which computing technology is also helping to protect the environment...

• Climate change - analysing data about global warming

• Disaster alerts - providing early warning systems for tsunamis and earthquakes

• Conservation - protecting endangered species and habitats using GPS and transponders

• Energy consumption - making buildings more energy efficient

On what continent do you think this e-waste landfill site is most likely to be found?

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

• Australia

Choose all the ways of saving energy in a large organisation ...

• Laying out equipment so it can be cooled more effectively

• Use SSD drives instead of HDDs that use more energy

• Use modern LED monitors instead of older CRT monitors

• Setting the air conditioning to the coolest temperature

Identify one of the main problem with e-waste ...

• E-waste ends up in landfill sites where toxic chemicals leak out into the ground

• E-waste gets recycled into new computers

• E-waste if often shipped abroad

• E-waste ends up in landfill sites where energy leaks out into the ground

Which of these is a way that the widespread use of computers can help protect the environment?

• Less need for travel and transport of goods

• Due to online shopping people can make purchases 24/7/365

• Robots can manufacture more products than humans can

• Computers can be disposed of in local landfill sites