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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 394 · 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 of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  3. 3.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  6. 6.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  8. 8.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  10. 10.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
  14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  19. 19.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) switch off unused lights
  23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) print on both sides
  24. 24.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  32. 32.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  36. 36.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  37. 37.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  39. 39.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. melt glass into new jars
  2. reuse
  3. True
  4. 54
  5. reuse
  6. renewable
  7. 56
  8. True
  9. 88
  10. True
  11. False
  12. True
  13. carry a cloth bag
  14. non-renewable
  15. True
  16. reduce
  17. 44
  18. renewable
  19. 37
  20. reduce
  21. melt cans into new cans
  22. plant in old tyres
  23. turn plastic into tiles
  24. protects the future
  25. 16
  26. False
  27. 9
  28. reduce, reuse, recycle
  29. reuse
  30. 3
  31. 7
  32. renewable
  33. reuse
  34. 4
  35. non-renewable
  36. non-renewable
  37. False
  38. 64
  39. False
  40. True

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