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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 107 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Reduce, reuse, recycle): Reduce = use less · reuse = use again · recycle = break down and remake. Renewable: sun, wind, water, biogas, waves. Non-renewable: coal, petrol, diesel, natural gas. Count savings with × and ÷: bags per week × weeks, bottles ÷ bottles per bench.

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  1. 1.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
  4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  6. 6.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  9. 9.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
  14. 14.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  16. 16.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  22. 22.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  24. 24.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
  28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  29. 29.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
  33. 33.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  35. 35.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
  37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres

Answer key

  1. reduce, reuse, recycle
  2. 4
  3. sunlight
  4. 20
  5. reuse
  6. False
  7. 70
  8. reduce
  9. renewable
  10. renewable
  11. non-renewable
  12. recycle
  13. switch off unused lights
  14. True
  15. 14
  16. False
  17. 5
  18. reduce
  19. pulp old paper
  20. True
  21. reuse
  22. False
  23. recycle
  24. non-renewable
  25. reuse
  26. use a jar as a pen stand
  27. melt glass into new jars
  28. 20
  29. False
  30. renewable
  31. 12
  32. refill a water bottle
  33. non-renewable
  34. reduce
  35. True
  36. fix a dripping tap
  37. plant in old tyres
  38. 2
  39. 19
  40. carry a cloth bag

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