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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 550 · 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 school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  4. 4.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
  8. 8.♻️ 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?
  9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  10. 10.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  12. 12.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
  19. 19.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
  23. 23.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  25. 25.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  29. 29.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  34. 34.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  36. 36.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  37. 37.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  40. 40.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. recycle
  3. 20
  4. True
  5. False
  6. False
  7. sunlight
  8. 48
  9. 8
  10. False
  11. non-renewable
  12. renewable
  13. reduce, reuse, recycle
  14. give old books away
  15. reuse
  16. reduce
  17. melt glass into new jars
  18. 5
  19. 47
  20. refill a water bottle
  21. 84
  22. carry a cloth bag
  23. renewable
  24. 56
  25. renewable
  26. 2
  27. use a jar as a pen stand
  28. 18
  29. False
  30. reduce
  31. reduce
  32. 70
  33. reduce
  34. non-renewable
  35. print on both sides
  36. 33
  37. non-renewable
  38. recycle
  39. pulp old paper
  40. True

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