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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 538 · 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 is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
  4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
  6. 6.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
  8. 8.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  14. 14.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
  15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4800 bottles?
  16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
  17. 17.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  19. 19.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  25. 25.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  29. 29.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
  34. 34.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  36. 36.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  38. 38.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  40. 40.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. reduce, reuse, recycle
  2. renewable
  3. use a jar as a pen stand
  4. sunlight
  5. 11
  6. True
  7. carry a cloth bag
  8. non-renewable
  9. 6
  10. reuse
  11. 19
  12. True
  13. recycle
  14. pulp old paper
  15. 12
  16. protects the future
  17. renewable
  18. recycle
  19. True
  20. reuse
  21. True
  22. 11
  23. reduce
  24. melt cans into new cans
  25. non-renewable
  26. 48
  27. 9
  28. 40
  29. renewable
  30. reuse
  31. 2
  32. reduce
  33. switch off unused lights
  34. non-renewable
  35. reduce
  36. True
  37. buy less packaging
  38. non-renewable
  39. reduce
  40. False

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