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reference 1DT0/1F
Design and Technology � �
COMPONENT 1: Timbers
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, SECTION A
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Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 (a) The materials that products are made from are chosen because of their
properties.
Figure 1 shows a table of products.
For each of the products shown, give a property of the material it is made from
that makes the material suitable for the product.
The first one has been done for you.
Picture of product Material and product Property
Cast iron frying pan Hard
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Cotton bath towel
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Polyester resin earrings
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Copier paper
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Beech cooking spoon
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, (b) (i) The frying pan is made from cast iron. Cast iron is hard, therefore it does not
scratch easily.
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Explain one other advantage of using cast iron for the frying pan.
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(ii) Cast iron contains 2% carbon.
The cast iron frying pan weighs 3 kg.
Calculate how many grams of carbon are in the cast iron frying pan.
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Answer .......................... grams
(Total for Question 1 = 8 marks)
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, 2 Figure 2 shows a wooden sheep that is being threaded with a yarn.
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Figure 2
(a) Name one specific animal fibre that can be used to make the yarn being threaded
in Figure 2.
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The wood that is used to manufacture the sheep is delivered to the manufacturer
using vehicles powered by biofuels.
(b) Explain one advantage of using biofuels to power the delivery vehicles.
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(c) Explain one advantage of using computer-aided design (CAD) when producing
the design ideas for the wooden sheep.
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