Make sure you have understood everything in this section (Lessons D1, D2, d3, and D4).
Use the Self-Check below, and the Self-Check & Lesson Review Tips to guide your learning.
This is also a good time to visit your Section 1 Checklist to make sure you have completed all the recommended learning activities.

Unit D Section 1 Self-Check

Instructions


Complete the following 6 steps. Don't skip steps – if you do them in order, you will confirm your understanding of this section and create a study bank for the future.

  1. DOWNLOAD the self-check quiz by clicking here.

  2. ANSWER all the questions on the downloaded quiz in the spaces provided. Think carefully before typing your answers. Review the lessons of this section if you need to. Save your quiz when you are done.

  3. COMPARE your answers with the suggested "Self-Check Quiz Answers" below. WAIT! You didn't skip step 2, did you? It's very important to carefully write out your own answers before checking the suggested answers.

  4. REVISE your quiz answers if you need to. If you answered all the questions correctly, you can skip this step. Revise means to change, fix, and add extra notes if you need to. This quiz is NOT FOR MARKS, so it is perfectly OK to correct any mistakes you made. This will make your self-check quiz an excellent study tool you can use later.

  5. SAVE your quiz to a folder on your computer, or to your Private Files. That way you will know where it is for later studying.

  6. CHECK with your teacher if you need to. If after completing all these steps you are still not sure about the questions or your answers, you should ask for more feedback from your teacher. To do this, post in the Course Questions Forum, or send your teacher an email. In either case, attach your completed quiz and ask; "Can you look at this quiz and give me some feedback please?" They will be happy to help you!

Self-Check Time!

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Self-Check Quiz Answers

Click each of the suggested answers below, and carefully compare your answers to the suggested answers.

If you have not done the quiz yet – STOP – and go back to step 1 above. Do not look at the answers without first trying the questions.

The Saamis Tipi is a frame structure. It has stiff metal poles joined together.
The Family of Man statues are solid structures. They are made from solid pieces of metal with no empty space.
A skateboard is designed for transportation and for performing impressive tricks.
A skateboard has grip tape on the top so the rider can grip with one foot and push with the other without slipping. Smooth wheels allow the rider to move quickly. A skateboard is lightweight so that it can be flipped up with the feet easily, allowing the rider to do tricks. A skateboard has a lip on either end of the board that helps the rider to do tricks.
Aesthetics is one reason that structures with the same function have different designs. For example, houses in a neighbourhood all have the same function, which is shelter. However, the houses have different designs and colours. This is because the builders and owners have various concepts of aesthetics.