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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 197 · 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 of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) petrol (d) sunlight
  3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
  4. 4.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  6. 6.♻️ 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
  7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  8. 8.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) give old books away (d) buy less packaging
  16. 16.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
  18. 18.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  22. 22.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
  24. 24.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
  30. 30.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  40. 40.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

Answer key

  1. melt glass into new jars
  2. sunlight
  3. pulp old paper
  4. renewable
  5. reduce
  6. reduce, reuse, recycle
  7. turn plastic into tiles
  8. False
  9. 23
  10. recycle
  11. 77
  12. reduce
  13. True
  14. print on both sides
  15. give old books away
  16. False
  17. 8
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. reuse
  22. non-renewable
  23. protects the future
  24. False
  25. renewable
  26. recycle
  27. reuse
  28. 3
  29. 12
  30. renewable
  31. 37
  32. non-renewable
  33. non-renewable
  34. recycle
  35. 2
  36. non-renewable
  37. melt cans into new cans
  38. reuse
  39. reuse
  40. renewable

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