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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 170 · 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 1000 bottles?
  2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  3. 3.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  4. 4.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  7. 7.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
  9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  11. 11.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) coal (d) petrol
  14. 14.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  23. 23.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
  25. 25.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  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.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  35. 35.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  37. 37.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  38. 38.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. give old books away
  3. 19
  4. True
  5. non-renewable
  6. recycle
  7. False
  8. reuse gift paper
  9. 72
  10. reduce, reuse, recycle
  11. renewable
  12. 6
  13. sunlight
  14. True
  15. non-renewable
  16. False
  17. melt glass into new jars
  18. reduce
  19. reuse
  20. reuse
  21. turn plastic into tiles
  22. refill a water bottle
  23. 11
  24. carry a cloth bag
  25. True
  26. 12
  27. recycle
  28. False
  29. renewable
  30. 7
  31. 12
  32. non-renewable
  33. 8
  34. non-renewable
  35. renewable
  36. reduce
  37. 21
  38. 36
  39. reduce
  40. 88

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