Issues in Technology Crossword: eWaste from hardware upgrades to What is RADCAB? (Part 2 of 2)
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Read each clue and write the matching term in the grid. Numbers in brackets show the letters in each word.
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- 1. How much speed or power you get for the money spent on hardware. Word 3 of: _____-to-___________ (11)
- 6. Checking who created the information and what makes them qualified to write it. (9)
- 7. Checking whether information is written to inform fairly or to persuade you toward one viewpoint. (4)
- 8. Checking whether a source gives enough depth and evidence to answer your question. (6)
- 9. Checking whether information actually relates to the question you are researching. (9)
Down
- 1. Word 1 of the term in 1 Across: _____-to-___________ (5)
- 2. A checklist of six questions (Relevancy, Appropriateness, Detail, Currency, Authority, Bias) used to check if information is trustworthy. (6)
- 3. Short-term memory that lets a computer run several programs or tasks at once smoothly. (3)
- 4. Electronic waste - discarded devices and hardware that are thrown away instead of reused or recycled. (6)
- 5. Checking how recently information was written or updated. (8)
Answer Key
Issues in Technology · Part 2 of 2
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1PERFORMANCE — How much speed or power you get for the money spent on hardware. Word 3 of: _____-to-___________
6AUTHORITY — Checking who created the information and what makes them qualified to write it.
7BIAS — Checking whether information is written to inform fairly or to persuade you toward one viewpoint.
8DETAIL — Checking whether a source gives enough depth and evidence to answer your question.
9RELEVANCY — Checking whether information actually relates to the question you are researching.
Down
1PRICE — Word 1 of the term in 1 Across: _____-to-___________
2RADCAB — A checklist of six questions (Relevancy, Appropriateness, Detail, Currency, Authority, Bias) used to check if information is trustworthy.
3RAM — Short-term memory that lets a computer run several programs or tasks at once smoothly.
4EWASTE — Electronic waste - discarded devices and hardware that are thrown away instead of reused or recycled.
5CURRENCY — Checking how recently information was written or updated.