1. Jeanette Wing, credited with coining the term, abstraction , says it lies at the heart of computational thinking. Fill in the blanks:
2. Another definition of abstraction is that it is about ______ things; identifying what is important without __________________ Abstraction allows us to manage complexity.
3. How is the school timetable an abstraction of what happens in a typical school week?
4. This image is an abstraction of a computer because It shows the names of the components and how they interact with each other but _________________
5. An example of abstraction in geography would be….
6. This library system menu screen is an example of abstraction as it focuses on the bare basics necessary for a user to interact with the library
7. Using examples from this scenario, explain what is meant by abstraction.
8. In abstraction it is important to pick out the important / relevant parts / components / ideas / details.
9. In the example of a rollercoaster 3d simulation examples of the unimportant details you would NOT include would be:
10. One definition is: Abstraction is the process of removing unnecessary detail from a problem. Why is this useful?