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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 214 · 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 reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
  2. 2.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  5. 5.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  9. 9.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
  10. 10.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
  17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
  18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
  21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
  22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  23. 23.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
  27. 27.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  29. 29.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  32. 32.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  36. 36.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  38. 38.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  39. 39.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  40. 40.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. carry a cloth bag
  2. 12
  3. protects the future
  4. reduce
  5. False
  6. renewable
  7. reduce
  8. melt cans into new cans
  9. reduce, reuse, recycle
  10. False
  11. 5
  12. renewable
  13. 45
  14. reduce
  15. sunlight
  16. print on both sides
  17. reuse gift paper
  18. True
  19. melt glass into new jars
  20. buy less packaging
  21. use a jar as a pen stand
  22. pulp old paper
  23. non-renewable
  24. reuse
  25. fix a dripping tap
  26. plant in old tyres
  27. False
  28. 2
  29. True
  30. switch off unused lights
  31. recycle
  32. True
  33. renewable
  34. 3
  35. reuse
  36. False
  37. 5
  38. non-renewable
  39. renewable
  40. True

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