(a) From the simulation shown in the Diagram on the previous page,

(i) identify one input [1 mark]
Sunlight
(ii) identify one output. [1 mark]
Heat
(b) Describe two tasks which must be performed in the development of simulation
software like that used in the Diagram on the previous page. [4 marks]
Two tasks which must be performed in the development of simulation software like that used in the Diagram on the previous page are how the inputs and the outputs on the structure. If sunlight is added, the user needs to know what the sunlight will produce and how much of it will be produced. Another task is the latitude and longitude, area, and time of the simulation because they all have to be taken into account when focusing in on the real thing, rather than the simulation because they are real life things. The affect of the outputs and inputs of the simulation is that it determines how the real thing with interact with the elements at hand. The affect of the longitude, latitude, area, and time is that they are necessary in determining the outcome and progress of the product.
(c) Explain two advantages of using simulations to design products such as
greenhouses. [4 marks]
There are many advantages of using simulations to design products such as greenhouses, two main advantages would be that they will show and determine how the plants will grow, as well as how much sunlight will be in the greenhouse. The affect of the determination of knowing how much the plants will grow is an advantage because farmers will know how much plants to put in the greenhouse, how long it will take them to grow, and ultimately what kind of plants to grow. Determining how much sunlight will be in the greenhouse is an advantage because it will show the growth and how fast the plants will grow because sunlight is very valuable to the growth of plants and the more there is the faster the plants will grow.
(d) To what extent are simulations such as this useful in enhancing the teaching and
learning of a science subject? [10 marks]
Simulations are extremely useful in enhancing the teaching and learning of a science subject to a large extent because they can determine how any experiments or science related activities will come out. Simulations have the ability to determine the outcome of a series of events based on the knowledge that is put into them or that is available. They are useful in enhancing the teaching of a science subject because they show how the factors that are put into the subject interact with everything else. The simulations determine the inputs, outputs, flows and stores of the subject or any experiment and are very useful to teachers in teaching a certain subject because it is something that can always be referred to or shown. The teachers will have more free time to create better lesson plans. The students can use it to determine their experiments and outcomes and it will create them to always be able to know what they are seeing and doing.