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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 269 · 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 reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
  2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
  6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
  7. 7.♻️ 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?
  8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) diesel
  9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
  10. 10.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  12. 12.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  18. 18.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  19. 19.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  23. 23.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  29. 29.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
  32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
  35. 35.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) reuse gift paper (d) switch off unused lights
  38. 38.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. refill a water bottle
  2. 2
  3. print on both sides
  4. reuse
  5. protects the future
  6. buy less packaging
  7. 28
  8. sunlight
  9. melt glass into new jars
  10. non-renewable
  11. reduce, reuse, recycle
  12. True
  13. recycle
  14. carry a cloth bag
  15. reduce
  16. non-renewable
  17. reuse
  18. 21
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. 60
  23. non-renewable
  24. True
  25. 36
  26. reduce
  27. 4
  28. reduce
  29. non-renewable
  30. True
  31. plant in old tyres
  32. turn plastic into tiles
  33. melt cans into new cans
  34. fix a dripping tap
  35. False
  36. 5
  37. switch off unused lights
  38. False
  39. 9
  40. recycle

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