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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 348 · 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 petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  10. 10.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) plant in old tyres
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  14. 14.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
  16. 16.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) plant in old tyres (d) buy less packaging
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  23. 23.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  37. 37.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  38. 38.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

Answer key

  1. non-renewable
  2. 44
  3. 28
  4. reduce
  5. sunlight
  6. reduce
  7. melt glass into new jars
  8. recycle
  9. reuse
  10. protects the future
  11. buy less packaging
  12. 5
  13. reduce, reuse, recycle
  14. True
  15. 2
  16. renewable
  17. 5
  18. 6
  19. 60
  20. melt cans into new cans
  21. reduce
  22. reduce
  23. True
  24. False
  25. non-renewable
  26. 9
  27. False
  28. turn plastic into tiles
  29. recycle
  30. use a jar as a pen stand
  31. 70
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. renewable
  36. 15
  37. non-renewable
  38. True
  39. True
  40. 39

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