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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 515 · 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 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
  3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) petrol (d) sunlight
  4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) reuse gift paper
  5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  6. 6.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
  15. 15.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
  18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  21. 21.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  29. 29.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.♻️ 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?
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
  39. 39.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. turn plastic into tiles
  3. sunlight
  4. carry a cloth bag
  5. reduce, reuse, recycle
  6. 49
  7. reuse
  8. protects the future
  9. reuse gift paper
  10. reuse
  11. 12
  12. non-renewable
  13. False
  14. refill a water bottle
  15. non-renewable
  16. recycle
  17. print on both sides
  18. melt glass into new jars
  19. False
  20. reduce
  21. True
  22. True
  23. recycle
  24. reuse
  25. False
  26. False
  27. renewable
  28. reuse
  29. False
  30. non-renewable
  31. renewable
  32. 30
  33. reduce
  34. reduce
  35. pulp old paper
  36. 12
  37. reduce
  38. buy less packaging
  39. renewable
  40. recycle

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