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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 519 · 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) reuse gift paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
  2. 2.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
  4. 4.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  6. 6.♻️ 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
  7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  9. 9.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  10. 10.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
  14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  15. 15.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  17. 17.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
  19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  21. 21.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  23. 23.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  25. 25.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  27. 27.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
  29. 29.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
  36. 36.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  39. 39.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. switch off unused lights
  2. False
  3. print on both sides
  4. 26
  5. reuse
  6. reduce, reuse, recycle
  7. 45
  8. recycle
  9. 20
  10. renewable
  11. 42
  12. reduce
  13. sunlight
  14. 4
  15. 15
  16. 63
  17. renewable
  18. 7
  19. reuse gift paper
  20. reduce
  21. False
  22. 4
  23. False
  24. renewable
  25. True
  26. non-renewable
  27. False
  28. give old books away
  29. True
  30. reduce
  31. False
  32. protects the future
  33. 6
  34. 11
  35. buy less packaging
  36. True
  37. fix a dripping tap
  38. recycle
  39. True
  40. True

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