E-mail: messages that travel through the internet
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write two ways in which e-mail is different from a video call.
E-mail is indirect (answered later) and a video call is direct (live). E-mail carries attachments as files; a video call shows things on screen.
2
Split this invented address into parts: pupil.b@example.eg.
User name: pupil.b. Symbol: @. Domain name: example.eg.
3
Explain in two sentences why you should not open an attachment from a stranger.
A virus or harmful program can hide in an attachment. It is safer to show it to a grown-up.
4
Make a table with four strengths and four risks of e-mail.
Strengths: speed, cost, ease, variety. Risks: hacking, spam, fraud, viruses (other correct answers are fine).
5
A user wants the name “nour” but it is already taken. Suggest a new user name and explain why it is fine.
Answers differ. For example nour.reads is fine because nobody else has it, so it is unique.