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Design and Applied Technology (Secondary 4-6)

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Glossary of Terms

* Italicised terms are explained elsewhere in the glossary.

Term Description

Acid rain The deposition of acidic components in rain, snow, dew, or dry

particles. It occurs when sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are

emitted into the atmosphere, undergo chemical transformations, and are

absorbed by water droplets in clouds. The droplets then fall to earth as

rain, snow, mist, dry dust, hail, or sleet.

Assessment The process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge,

skills, attitudes and beliefs.

Biodiversity The variation of taxonomic life forms within a given ecosystem, biome

or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the

health of biological systems.

Biofuel Solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of, or derived from biomass.

Biomass Living and recently dead biological material which can be used as fuel

or for industrial production.

Brainstorming A group creativity technique designed to generate a large number of

ideas for the solution to a problem.

Business plan A formal statement of a largely enforced business goal, the reasons why

they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It

may also contain background information about the organization or

team attempting to reach those goals.

CFC Chlorofluorocarbon: a class of chemical compounds known to inflict

great damage to the ozone layer.

Conservation Reducing use of resource, through technological or social methods.

computer software, musical compositions, drawing, sound recordings,

films, broadcasts etc. Copyright works made available on the internet

are also protected. Copyright is an automatic right arising when a work

is created.

Craft A skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a trade or

particular art. It is used to describe the family of artistic practices within

the decorative arts that traditionally are defined by their relationship to

functional or utilitarian products (such as sculptural forms in the vessel

tradition) or by their use of such natural media as wood, clay, glass,

textiles, and metal.

Deoxyribonucleic

acid ( DNA)

A nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the

development and functioning of all known living organisms.

Designer The one who designs any of a variety of things. That usually implies the

task of creating or of being creative in a particular area of expertise.

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