4N Design Communications

Designers are responsible for the impact of their design on society and the environment. Select one or more answers that has SOCIAL impact.

• Products should be safe for users.

• Products should not cause ill health to users.

• Products should improve the quality of life of people.

• Products should help user get rich.

Designers are responsible for the impact of their design on society and the environment. Select one or more answers that has Environmental impact.

• Products should be environmentally friendly.

• Designers has responsibility to protect our environment.

• Manufacturing of products should consider minimize of deforestation and pollution.

• Countries can have policies and regulations to ensure that factories process the waste gases first.

When choosing material for your product, what are the environmentally-friendly considerations? Choose one or more suitable answers.

• Easily recycled.

• Renewable.

• Rare material.

• Biodegradable.

_______materials are materials that can break down into natural materials in the environment without causing harm.

• Renewable

• Recyclable

• Biodegradable

• Disposable

Designers should consider the following while designing products: (Choose one or more answers.)

• easily recycled

• refillable

• easily re-useable

Select the correct terms of the following sentence.

"Prevent waste of materials and reduce use of fresh raw materials."

• Refillable

• Recycled

• Re-useable

• Biodegradable

Select the correct term of the following sentence.

"Able to be used again for its original purpose or a different function."

• Refillable

• Recycled

• Re-useable

• Biodegradable

Select the correct term of the following sentence.

"To reduce waste and use of fresh raw materials. e.g. pen, detergent bottle."

• Refillable

• Recycled

• Re-useable

• Biodegradable

Sustainable design in D&T refers to designing products that reduce use of ________ and using _________ which are more environmental friendly. Make them easy to disassemble so that the parts can be reused to make new products.

• interesting production

• products

• materials

• cheapest production

• methods of production

What are the disadvantages of using Plastics? (Choose one or more answers)

• Plastic is a non-renewable resource.

• Non-degradable - result in generation of huge amount of waste materials.

• Easily moulded, can be shaped and formed in many ways.

• Combustible and produces toxic fumes when it is burnt. Chemical hazard.

• Plastics is fairly durable, cheap to produce and does not decompose.