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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 47 · 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) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
  2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
  9. 9.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
  11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
  12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
  14. 14.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
  17. 17.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
  19. 19.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  23. 23.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  24. 24.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  34. 34.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  37. 37.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) pulp old paper

Answer key

  1. melt glass into new jars
  2. 55
  3. melt cans into new cans
  4. reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. 6
  6. 10
  7. reuse
  8. reuse gift paper
  9. False
  10. give old books away
  11. plant in old tyres
  12. protects the future
  13. 12
  14. True
  15. 48
  16. refill a water bottle
  17. False
  18. use a jar as a pen stand
  19. 14
  20. carry a cloth bag
  21. pulp old paper
  22. reuse
  23. 12
  24. False
  25. False
  26. 40
  27. renewable
  28. 8
  29. non-renewable
  30. recycle
  31. 54
  32. reduce
  33. reduce
  34. True
  35. False
  36. 5
  37. renewable
  38. 2
  39. 12
  40. fix a dripping tap

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