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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 507 · 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 sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
  2. 2.♻️ 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
  3. 3.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  4. 4.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  5. 5.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
  8. 8.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  10. 10.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  16. 16.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  24. 24.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  30. 30.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  34. 34.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  37. 37.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
  39. 39.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag

Answer key

  1. protects the future
  2. reduce, reuse, recycle
  3. 27
  4. renewable
  5. True
  6. 5
  7. sunlight
  8. True
  9. recycle
  10. non-renewable
  11. non-renewable
  12. renewable
  13. 10
  14. reduce
  15. reduce
  16. False
  17. 12
  18. print on both sides
  19. reduce
  20. 31
  21. False
  22. melt glass into new jars
  23. recycle
  24. renewable
  25. pulp old paper
  26. reuse
  27. 7
  28. 33
  29. 6
  30. renewable
  31. 3
  32. reduce
  33. 7
  34. False
  35. reuse
  36. recycle
  37. non-renewable
  38. plant in old tyres
  39. False
  40. melt cans into new cans

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