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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 351 · 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 energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
  3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  6. 6.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  8. 8.♻️ 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?
  9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  10. 10.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  15. 15.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
  16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  18. 18.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
  21. 21.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
  23. 23.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
  27. 27.True or false: biogas from waste is a 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.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
  35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
  36. 36.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?

Answer key

  1. sunlight
  2. turn plastic into tiles
  3. recycle
  4. reduce
  5. reuse
  6. False
  7. non-renewable
  8. 30
  9. 120
  10. renewable
  11. 110
  12. 34
  13. False
  14. reuse
  15. protects the future
  16. True
  17. reduce, reuse, recycle
  18. renewable
  19. buy less packaging
  20. carry a cloth bag
  21. False
  22. give old books away
  23. False
  24. reduce
  25. reduce
  26. use a jar as a pen stand
  27. True
  28. True
  29. renewable
  30. 9
  31. print on both sides
  32. reuse
  33. reuse
  34. melt cans into new cans
  35. reuse gift paper
  36. non-renewable
  37. recycle
  38. fix a dripping tap
  39. 80
  40. 60

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