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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 254 · 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 is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt cans into new cans
  3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
  4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
  6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  7. 7.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  9. 9.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  11. 11.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  14. 14.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  23. 23.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
  24. 24.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  25. 25.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
  28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
  32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
  35. 35.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  37. 37.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  38. 38.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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