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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 168 · 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.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
  5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
  6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  7. 7.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
  9. 9.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  14. 14.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  16. 16.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  23. 23.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  25. 25.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  28. 28.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  36. 36.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. reduce, reuse, recycle
  3. 120
  4. turn plastic into tiles
  5. refill a water bottle
  6. fix a dripping tap
  7. True
  8. protects the future
  9. True
  10. non-renewable
  11. renewable
  12. 33
  13. use a jar as a pen stand
  14. sunlight
  15. recycle
  16. False
  17. recycle
  18. reuse
  19. False
  20. recycle
  21. 9
  22. print on both sides
  23. False
  24. reduce
  25. non-renewable
  26. buy less packaging
  27. reduce
  28. renewable
  29. 37
  30. True
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. reduce
  35. reuse
  36. False
  37. True
  38. 8
  39. 5
  40. switch off unused lights

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