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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 421 · 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.♻️ 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?
  2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  3. 3.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  7. 7.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  10. 10.♻️ 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
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
  14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  15. 15.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  20. 20.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  21. 21.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  22. 22.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  26. 26.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  27. 27.♻️ 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?
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
  30. 30.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  32. 32.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
  35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. 9
  3. False
  4. protects the future
  5. carry a cloth bag
  6. reuse
  7. renewable
  8. True
  9. reuse
  10. reduce, reuse, recycle
  11. 45
  12. reuse gift paper
  13. 10
  14. 4
  15. False
  16. False
  17. 34
  18. non-renewable
  19. recycle
  20. renewable
  21. 35
  22. True
  23. 33
  24. 9
  25. use a jar as a pen stand
  26. renewable
  27. 54
  28. 21
  29. give old books away
  30. 32
  31. non-renewable
  32. renewable
  33. False
  34. sunlight
  35. 8
  36. reduce
  37. recycle
  38. reduce
  39. 39
  40. reduce

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