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CCEA AS Environmental Technology, memorised in year one.

Everything the AS examines and nothing from the second year. Drill the 10 topics you are actually sitting in Northern Ireland this summer.

  • AS of 3930
  • 10 topics
  • 57 subtopics

What CCEA AS Environmental Technology covers, and what it leaves out

CCEA AS Environmental Technology is the first year of the 3930 course and a qualification in its own right, examined in 2 units, AS 1 and AS 2. This page holds only what the AS examines: 10 topics across 57 subtopics, 895 active recall questions, starting with Fossil Fuels, Global Action on Energy Conservation and Climate Change and Macrogeneration. The 10 topics kept back for the second year are not shown, so nothing here is content you have not been taught yet.

Starting the second year? The full CCEA A-Level Environmental Technology page adds the A2 topics on top of everything here.

CCEA GCE Environmental Technology, subject code 3930, qualification number 601/8916/2 (A level), first teaching September 2016. Read the CCEA specification ↗

How it is assessed

Unit AS 1

The Earth's Capacity to Support Human Activity

  • FOSSIL FUELS
  • GLOBAL ACTION ON ENERGY CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
  • MACROGENERATION
  • MICROGENERATION
  • ENERGY FROM WIND
  • ENERGY FROM THE SUN
  • ENERGY FROM BIOMASS
  • ENERGY STORAGE
  • PLASTICS FOR THE FUTURE

Unit AS 2

Renewable Energy Technologies

  • RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTIGATIONS

The full specification

10 topics, 57 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.

01Fossil Fuels6 subtopics
02Global Action on Energy Conservation and Climate Change4 subtopics
03Macrogeneration6 subtopics
04Microgeneration4 subtopics
05Energy From Wind7 subtopics
06Energy From the Sun7 subtopics

How you work through it

Pick the mode that fits the time you have.

Try three questions

No account needed. Answer from memory first.

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Evaluation

Evaluate the claim that modern society is dependent on fossil fuels.

Key term

Why do the fossil fuels left to extract become harder and costlier to reach?

Key term

Why should countries act together to conserve fossil fuels?

Spaced Repetition Schedule

How reviews are timed

Levo will automatically distribute all of your progress into a spaced repetition calendar. Once you’ve answered, it’s scheduled for you on the next day in the spaced repetition schedule. Over time, the gaps between your recall get bigger, from a day to three years, reinforcing memorisation over a long period of time.

Interval sequence

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What is inside Levo

Six ways to work the same material

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2Open book
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The 3-step method, run for you

Answer cold, learn it, then prove it stuck. Levo tracks the jump between your first attempt and your last.

Fossil Fuels
Global Action on Energy Conservation and Climate Change
Macrogeneration
Microgeneration

Cram a whole paper in one sitting

Sort every topic into what you know and what you do not, then drill only the weak ones.

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Blank Blitz makes facts automatic

Rapid timed gap-fills on the terms and numbers you need to recall without thinking.

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CThe coil can be given more turns of wire.

Build It gets the exam shape right

Assemble a full-mark answer from its marking points, in the order an examiner wants them.

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Test It catches misconceptions

Spot the fault in a statement. The traps are the mistakes students actually make.

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Brain Breaks between sessions

Short focus games to reset attention, so the next set lands better than the last.

Environmental Technology revision questions

Common questions about revising CCEA AS-Level Environmental Technology. Tap any to open it.

What is on CCEA AS Environmental Technology?

10 topics across 57 subtopics, examined in AS 1 and AS 2. They are all listed on this page, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it. The full topic list is Fossil Fuels, Global Action on Energy Conservation and Climate Change, Macrogeneration, Microgeneration, Energy From Wind, Energy From the Sun and more.

Does AS Environmental Technology count towards the full A level?

Yes. In Northern Ireland the AS units are marked as a standalone AS qualification and also carry forward into the full CCEA A level, which is why the first year matters more here than it does in England. Check the current weighting on the 3930 specification, as it is set by the board rather than by us.

What is the difference between AS and A level Environmental Technology?

AS is the first-year units only. The A level adds 10 further topics, among them Sustainable Development, Waste Management, Waste to Energy Technologies, and expects you to connect them back to the AS material. Work the AS content here, then move up to the full A level page when you start the second year.

When do you sit CCEA AS Environmental Technology?

Normally at the end of Year 12, in the summer series. That gives you one year to memorise 895 questions' worth of material, which is roughly 5 questions a day across an academic year if you start in September.

How should you revise for AS Environmental Technology?

By retrieval, not rereading. Cover the answer, pull it from memory, then check. Levo runs that loop across all 10 AS topics and brings each question back on a spaced schedule, so what you learn in September is still there in June.

Is it worth revising AS content again for the A level?

Yes, and it is the mistake most students make. The second-year papers assume the first year, and in Northern Ireland the AS marks usually count towards the final grade as well. Keeping the AS material on a spaced schedule through Year 13 costs far less time than relearning it.

How many questions are there for CCEA AS Environmental Technology?

895, written from the 3930 subject content and grouped into 57 subtopics so you can work one small area at a time rather than a whole topic at once.

Can you use Levo for just the AS year?

Yes. Pick your subject, choose the AS topics on the topic screen, and every mode — the 3-step method, Cram, Blank Blitz, Build It and Test It — works only that material. Add the second-year topics when you get to them.

Every question in Environmental Technology, on a schedule.

Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.

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