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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 244 · 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) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) plant in old tyres (d) refill a water bottle
  2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  7. 7.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  13. 13.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
  17. 17.♻️ 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
  18. 18.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  21. 21.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
  24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
  25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  30. 30.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) reuse gift paper
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?

Answer key

  1. melt cans into new cans
  2. 12
  3. buy less packaging
  4. protects the future
  5. recycle
  6. 10
  7. True
  8. 34
  9. reuse
  10. reduce
  11. 3
  12. 9
  13. False
  14. 50
  15. reduce
  16. sunlight
  17. reduce, reuse, recycle
  18. renewable
  19. melt glass into new jars
  20. reduce
  21. True
  22. use a jar as a pen stand
  23. 2
  24. refill a water bottle
  25. False
  26. renewable
  27. give old books away
  28. 11
  29. non-renewable
  30. non-renewable
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. reuse
  35. False
  36. 18
  37. False
  38. reuse gift paper
  39. recycle
  40. 12

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