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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 265 · 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) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
  4. 4.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  8. 8.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  14. 14.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
  16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
  21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  24. 24.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  26. 26.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  30. 30.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
  38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce

Answer key

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

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