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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 549 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
  3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  4. 4.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  7. 7.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
  11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
  12. 12.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
  15. 15.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) switch off unused lights
  17. 17.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  22. 22.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
  31. 31.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
  34. 34.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  35. 35.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. reduce
  2. protects the future
  3. reduce, reuse, recycle
  4. False
  5. True
  6. 33
  7. False
  8. True
  9. True
  10. plant in old tyres
  11. give old books away
  12. True
  13. 3
  14. use a jar as a pen stand
  15. non-renewable
  16. switch off unused lights
  17. sunlight
  18. reduce
  19. refill a water bottle
  20. reuse
  21. recycle
  22. renewable
  23. 28
  24. 3
  25. reuse
  26. renewable
  27. True
  28. pulp old paper
  29. 49
  30. carry a cloth bag
  31. False
  32. 13
  33. turn plastic into tiles
  34. non-renewable
  35. True
  36. non-renewable
  37. reuse
  38. False
  39. recycle
  40. reduce

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