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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 304 · 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.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.♻️ A project report has 86 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  5. 5.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
  10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  13. 13.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
  16. 16.♻️ 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
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  18. 18.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
  22. 22.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
  25. 25.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  26. 26.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
  28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4200 bottles?
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
  34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 43
  3. fix a dripping tap
  4. reduce
  5. False
  6. False
  7. renewable
  8. True
  9. use a jar as a pen stand
  10. switch off unused lights
  11. 10
  12. 48
  13. True
  14. non-renewable
  15. buy less packaging
  16. reduce, reuse, recycle
  17. reduce
  18. True
  19. 45
  20. True
  21. reuse gift paper
  22. non-renewable
  23. 2
  24. melt cans into new cans
  25. non-renewable
  26. False
  27. 10
  28. print on both sides
  29. 12
  30. 5
  31. False
  32. 39
  33. melt glass into new jars
  34. 30
  35. 24
  36. True
  37. True
  38. recycle
  39. reduce
  40. recycle

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