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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 296 · 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.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  6. 6.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  14. 14.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  17. 17.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
  22. 22.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  23. 23.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  27. 27.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  30. 30.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-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.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  33. 33.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
  35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) pulp old paper
  36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
  37. 37.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  39. 39.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand

Answer key

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

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