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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 44 · 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 school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
  3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) give old books away
  4. 4.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  8. 8.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  9. 9.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
  18. 18.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
  25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  29. 29.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
  31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  37. 37.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. pulp old paper
  3. give old books away
  4. True
  5. 20
  6. reuse
  7. reduce
  8. renewable
  9. non-renewable
  10. False
  11. 37
  12. reuse
  13. carry a cloth bag
  14. recycle
  15. sunlight
  16. reuse
  17. print on both sides
  18. True
  19. reuse gift paper
  20. reuse
  21. 9
  22. reduce
  23. reduce
  24. use a jar as a pen stand
  25. plant in old tyres
  26. 7
  27. False
  28. 100
  29. reduce, reuse, recycle
  30. 7
  31. non-renewable
  32. True
  33. buy less packaging
  34. turn plastic into tiles
  35. recycle
  36. reduce
  37. 36
  38. 30
  39. 10
  40. renewable

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