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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 284 · 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) switch off unused lights (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
  2. 2.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
  7. 7.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  9. 9.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  10. 10.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  15. 15.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) switch off unused lights
  17. 17.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) print on both sides
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  21. 21.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
  26. 26.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) buy less packaging (d) print on both sides
  31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
  32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  34. 34.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  35. 35.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  36. 36.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  39. 39.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. melt glass into new jars
  2. non-renewable
  3. pulp old paper
  4. reduce
  5. 30
  6. sunlight
  7. True
  8. reduce
  9. 25
  10. renewable
  11. 9
  12. protects the future
  13. reduce
  14. reuse
  15. non-renewable
  16. switch off unused lights
  17. False
  18. refill a water bottle
  19. True
  20. 5
  21. True
  22. renewable
  23. fix a dripping tap
  24. reduce
  25. carry a cloth bag
  26. reduce, reuse, recycle
  27. True
  28. renewable
  29. False
  30. reuse gift paper
  31. use a jar as a pen stand
  32. True
  33. print on both sides
  34. 48
  35. 40
  36. non-renewable
  37. 2
  38. reduce
  39. True
  40. reuse

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