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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 153 · 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.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
  3. 3.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  4. 4.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
  8. 8.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  9. 9.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
  17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
  18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
  19. 19.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  23. 23.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
  28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) switch off unused lights
  29. 29.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
  31. 31.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
  34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
  35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  38. 38.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

Answer key

  1. False
  2. sunlight
  3. renewable
  4. True
  5. reduce, reuse, recycle
  6. reduce
  7. give old books away
  8. renewable
  9. True
  10. 7
  11. 49
  12. non-renewable
  13. 5
  14. reuse
  15. True
  16. melt glass into new jars
  17. pulp old paper
  18. 7
  19. False
  20. renewable
  21. buy less packaging
  22. 2
  23. True
  24. fix a dripping tap
  25. 30
  26. plant in old tyres
  27. 2
  28. use a jar as a pen stand
  29. True
  30. protects the future
  31. renewable
  32. False
  33. carry a cloth bag
  34. turn plastic into tiles
  35. reuse gift paper
  36. recycle
  37. recycle
  38. True
  39. False
  40. reduce

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