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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 231 · 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: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
  4. 4.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  5. 5.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  6. 6.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  7. 7.♻️ 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
  8. 8.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  13. 13.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  18. 18.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
  20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  21. 21.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  23. 23.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  25. 25.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  33. 33.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
  35. 35.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?

Answer key

  1. reduce
  2. protects the future
  3. buy less packaging
  4. 23
  5. non-renewable
  6. 8
  7. reduce, reuse, recycle
  8. False
  9. 30
  10. non-renewable
  11. True
  12. 10
  13. True
  14. reuse
  15. renewable
  16. 35
  17. recycle
  18. True
  19. turn plastic into tiles
  20. 9
  21. False
  22. recycle
  23. False
  24. 6
  25. False
  26. melt cans into new cans
  27. 10
  28. renewable
  29. 110
  30. recycle
  31. 30
  32. recycle
  33. True
  34. 10
  35. True
  36. renewable
  37. plant in old tyres
  38. reduce
  39. False
  40. 5

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