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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 449 · 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 reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  3. 3.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  5. 5.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  8. 8.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  10. 10.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  15. 15.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) refill a water bottle
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
  18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
  20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
  23. 23.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) switch off unused lights
  33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  36. 36.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  37. 37.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  39. 39.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?

Answer key

  1. switch off unused lights
  2. protects the future
  3. True
  4. 48
  5. non-renewable
  6. pulp old paper
  7. reduce
  8. True
  9. refill a water bottle
  10. renewable
  11. non-renewable
  12. reduce
  13. 4
  14. buy less packaging
  15. reduce, reuse, recycle
  16. carry a cloth bag
  17. print on both sides
  18. False
  19. sunlight
  20. use a jar as a pen stand
  21. 8
  22. plant in old tyres
  23. renewable
  24. reuse gift paper
  25. recycle
  26. True
  27. True
  28. reduce
  29. 44
  30. fix a dripping tap
  31. 10
  32. give old books away
  33. False
  34. recycle
  35. reuse
  36. renewable
  37. True
  38. 6
  39. False
  40. 30

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