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WorksheetsBTEC IT: Technology and the environment
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
The use of computers systems and digital devices uses a huge amount of...
electricity
food
water
Lots of electricity is generated by burning...
Fossil fuels
Paper
Wood
Fabrics
Which of these is a greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels?
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Aluminium
Which of the following problems is NOT caused by climate change?
Rising sea levels
Forest fires
Oil pollution in oceans
More storms
Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
Oil
Coal
Wind
Which kind of metals are needed to manufacture our digital devices?
Rare earth metals
Unique earth metals
Strange space metals
Which of the following takes raw materials from the surface of the land?
Mines
Quarries
Which of the following takes raw materials from underground?
Mines
Quarries
What do we call computers and other digital devices we no longer need?
Tech-waste
E-waste
Digi-rubbish
Which kind of countries often accept money to take unwanted waste technology from other countries?
Developed countries
Developing countries
In the UK it is illegal for companies to throw away waste computers in a landfill site.
True
False
(a) mode can turn off devices which have not been used for a given length of time
You can save power by reducing the (a) of screens.
Documents we have printed onto paper.
Hard copies
Soft copies
Documents we look at on a computer screen.
Hard copies
Soft copies
An old computer can be made faster and more powerful by adding extra...
RAM
Electricity
