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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 325 · 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.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) print on both sides
  3. 3.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  5. 5.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) coal (d) petrol
  7. 7.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
  13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  18. 18.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
  20. 20.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  23. 23.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt cans into new cans
  26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  29. 29.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  30. 30.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
  33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  37. 37.♻️ 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?
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4200 bottles?
  39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?

Answer key

  1. non-renewable
  2. print on both sides
  3. False
  4. reduce
  5. non-renewable
  6. sunlight
  7. True
  8. False
  9. use a jar as a pen stand
  10. recycle
  11. non-renewable
  12. fix a dripping tap
  13. True
  14. 26
  15. turn plastic into tiles
  16. reduce
  17. reuse
  18. 35
  19. 12
  20. protects the future
  21. reuse
  22. reuse
  23. False
  24. True
  25. melt cans into new cans
  26. False
  27. renewable
  28. reuse
  29. reduce, reuse, recycle
  30. renewable
  31. 84
  32. switch off unused lights
  33. True
  34. reduce
  35. 6
  36. 2
  37. 45
  38. 12
  39. 9
  40. 40

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