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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 391 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
  4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
  7. 7.♻️ 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?
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  11. 11.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
  17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
  19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) fix a dripping tap
  22. 22.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  24. 24.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  27. 27.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  30. 30.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  33. 33.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  35. 35.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  37. 37.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
  38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
  39. 39.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

Answer key

  1. reduce
  2. non-renewable
  3. print on both sides
  4. reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. 5
  6. refill a water bottle
  7. 15
  8. protects the future
  9. 4
  10. 2
  11. renewable
  12. 35
  13. turn plastic into tiles
  14. recycle
  15. 56
  16. melt glass into new jars
  17. use a jar as a pen stand
  18. 5
  19. False
  20. 31
  21. give old books away
  22. False
  23. non-renewable
  24. False
  25. reduce
  26. recycle
  27. True
  28. recycle
  29. reduce
  30. False
  31. reduce
  32. 4
  33. non-renewable
  34. 25
  35. 32
  36. reuse
  37. sunlight
  38. buy less packaging
  39. True
  40. reduce

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