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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 277 · 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) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
  2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
  3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) coal (d) petrol
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  9. 9.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  16. 16.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  18. 18.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  20. 20.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  25. 25.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
  27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  36. 36.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?

Answer key

  1. reuse gift paper
  2. protects the future
  3. 4
  4. reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. reduce
  6. False
  7. sunlight
  8. reuse
  9. False
  10. False
  11. recycle
  12. 20
  13. False
  14. False
  15. renewable
  16. 39
  17. reduce
  18. non-renewable
  19. non-renewable
  20. False
  21. melt cans into new cans
  22. carry a cloth bag
  23. recycle
  24. 14
  25. 46
  26. use a jar as a pen stand
  27. fix a dripping tap
  28. 6
  29. True
  30. renewable
  31. True
  32. 5
  33. reuse
  34. True
  35. non-renewable
  36. False
  37. renewable
  38. reduce
  39. True
  40. 40

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