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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 210 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
  3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  4. 4.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  5. 5.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  6. 6.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  8. 8.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
  10. 10.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  11. 11.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
  13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
  16. 16.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) buy less packaging (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
  18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  19. 19.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
  22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
  24. 24.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  29. 29.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  37. 37.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  38. 38.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  39. 39.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

Answer key

  1. reuse
  2. carry a cloth bag
  3. 7
  4. 44
  5. non-renewable
  6. reduce, reuse, recycle
  7. reuse
  8. True
  9. sunlight
  10. 12
  11. renewable
  12. 12
  13. pulp old paper
  14. reuse
  15. fix a dripping tap
  16. non-renewable
  17. refill a water bottle
  18. print on both sides
  19. protects the future
  20. reduce
  21. melt glass into new jars
  22. 24
  23. reuse gift paper
  24. renewable
  25. reduce
  26. 23
  27. 8
  28. reuse
  29. True
  30. reduce
  31. 16
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. reduce
  37. 27
  38. 47
  39. False
  40. recycle

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