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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 393 · 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: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  5. 5.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
  9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  13. 13.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  20. 20.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  23. 23.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
  32. 32.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
  34. 34.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
  38. 38.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

Answer key

  1. reduce
  2. reduce, reuse, recycle
  3. reduce
  4. protects the future
  5. 12
  6. reuse
  7. 40
  8. pulp old paper
  9. non-renewable
  10. non-renewable
  11. give old books away
  12. 2
  13. False
  14. reuse
  15. recycle
  16. True
  17. renewable
  18. True
  19. recycle
  20. False
  21. print on both sides
  22. reuse
  23. non-renewable
  24. 9
  25. 8
  26. 28
  27. recycle
  28. 34
  29. renewable
  30. False
  31. turn plastic into tiles
  32. non-renewable
  33. sunlight
  34. True
  35. False
  36. switch off unused lights
  37. fix a dripping tap
  38. 45
  39. 80
  40. reuse

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