Starter quiz
- Which two methods of fabricating are most used for joining timber?
- PVA glue ✓
- Mechanical fixings ✓
- Welding
- Tape
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- Match the different material terms:
- plastics⇔polymers ✓
- wood⇔timbers ✓
- textiles⇔fabrics ✓
- paper and card⇔paper and boards ✓
- What can polymers be made from?
- Fossil fuels ✓
- Animal products
- Metals
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- Give another word for 'made by humans'.
- 'Synthetic ' ✓
- Which materials come from rocks and minerals underground and are also commonly called 'ore'?
- Timbers
- Metals ✓
- Polymers
- Papers and boards
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- Why are metal ores not sustainable?
- They can always be recycled.
- They are all renewable.
- They cannot be replaced. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What are the main benefits of recycling?
- Degrades material quality
- Increased energy use
- Reduces waste ✓
- Uses the material for longer ✓
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- What is 'sustainability'?
- Ignoring environmental impact
- Maintaining natural resources ✓
- Using up resources
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- What is a synthetic material?
- not naturally occuring ✓
- manufactured ✓
- found naturally
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- How can textiles be sustainably sourced?
- plants sources ✓
- animals sources ✓
- synthetic sources
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- Which of the 6Rs is this a definition for: 'convert waste into reusable materials'?
- Rethink
- Refuse
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle ✓
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- Put the 6Rs in order of importance:
- 1⇔Rethink
- 2⇔Refuse
- 3⇔Reduce
- 4⇔Reuse
- 5⇔Repair
- 6⇔Recycle
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Key learning points
- Materials can be from natural or synthetic sources.
- Materials can be from renewable or non-renewable sources.
- Metal ores and polymers made from crude oil are non-renewable materials.
- Materials sourced from plants and animals are renewable.
- Recycling ensures that materials are useful for longer, before being discarded.
Common misconception
Recycling is good for the environment.
Recycling ensures that materials are useful for longer before being discarded, but the processing is an envionmental cost.
Keywords
Synthetic - manufactured, not naturally occurring
Sustainable - using resources wisely so that they do not run out
Renewable - resources that are non-finite and can replenish itself
Recycle - convert waste into reusable materials
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