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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 540 · 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) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  7. 7.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  9. 9.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) pulp old paper (d) plant in old tyres
  12. 12.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  14. 14.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
  18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  19. 19.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  21. 21.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) coal
  22. 22.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  24. 24.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  30. 30.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  37. 37.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) carry a cloth bag
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

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

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