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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 584 · 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: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  3. 3.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  5. 5.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
  7. 7.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
  14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  15. 15.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  22. 22.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  26. 26.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) refill a water bottle
  38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
  39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
  40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles

Answer key

  1. recycle
  2. reduce, reuse, recycle
  3. True
  4. 63
  5. renewable
  6. 11
  7. 8
  8. use a jar as a pen stand
  9. 9
  10. False
  11. 5
  12. non-renewable
  13. sunlight
  14. 3
  15. protects the future
  16. reuse gift paper
  17. 11
  18. non-renewable
  19. reduce
  20. 15
  21. 39
  22. non-renewable
  23. True
  24. recycle
  25. reuse
  26. False
  27. reuse
  28. 34
  29. renewable
  30. renewable
  31. renewable
  32. renewable
  33. reduce
  34. fix a dripping tap
  35. True
  36. carry a cloth bag
  37. switch off unused lights
  38. pulp old paper
  39. plant in old tyres
  40. refill a water bottle

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