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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 546 · 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) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  2. 2.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  3. 3.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  5. 5.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  9. 9.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  12. 12.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
  21. 21.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  25. 25.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  30. 30.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
  34. 34.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
  35. 35.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  36. 36.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
  40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles

Answer key

  1. protects the future
  2. renewable
  3. False
  4. 4
  5. 23
  6. reuse
  7. 15
  8. 6
  9. renewable
  10. print on both sides
  11. reduce
  12. False
  13. False
  14. non-renewable
  15. True
  16. 36
  17. 42
  18. reduce
  19. non-renewable
  20. buy less packaging
  21. 10
  22. recycle
  23. reuse
  24. 24
  25. 38
  26. reuse
  27. non-renewable
  28. recycle
  29. 42
  30. 8
  31. 70
  32. 6
  33. 7
  34. sunlight
  35. renewable
  36. False
  37. reuse
  38. plant in old tyres
  39. turn plastic into tiles
  40. reuse gift paper

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