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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 441 · 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: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  2. 2.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  3. 3.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
  6. 6.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  7. 7.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) switch off unused lights
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
  15. 15.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
  21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  23. 23.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  27. 27.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
  28. 28.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  30. 30.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
  33. 33.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  35. 35.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging
  37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) reuse gift paper
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. recycle
  2. renewable
  3. True
  4. renewable
  5. buy less packaging
  6. renewable
  7. renewable
  8. switch off unused lights
  9. 11
  10. recycle
  11. reuse
  12. 8
  13. 48
  14. refill a water bottle
  15. reduce, reuse, recycle
  16. carry a cloth bag
  17. 33
  18. renewable
  19. reduce
  20. print on both sides
  21. use a jar as a pen stand
  22. reuse
  23. True
  24. melt cans into new cans
  25. reduce
  26. reduce
  27. sunlight
  28. non-renewable
  29. 4
  30. True
  31. False
  32. 11
  33. True
  34. reduce
  35. False
  36. turn plastic into tiles
  37. plant in old tyres
  38. recycle
  39. reuse gift paper
  40. reuse

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