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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 594 · 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) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  2. 2.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  7. 7.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) plant in old tyres (d) refill a water bottle
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  15. 15.♻️ 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?
  16. 16.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  18. 18.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
  25. 25.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  28. 28.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
  31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging
  32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
  33. 33.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
  35. 35.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) pulp old paper
  38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  40. 40.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. protects the future
  2. True
  3. renewable
  4. reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. reuse
  6. recycle
  7. False
  8. recycle
  9. 11
  10. renewable
  11. melt glass into new jars
  12. 18
  13. buy less packaging
  14. reduce
  15. 48
  16. 6
  17. reuse
  18. False
  19. sunlight
  20. True
  21. reduce
  22. 10
  23. reuse
  24. switch off unused lights
  25. 42
  26. 50
  27. reuse
  28. True
  29. True
  30. use a jar as a pen stand
  31. melt cans into new cans
  32. pulp old paper
  33. renewable
  34. plant in old tyres
  35. False
  36. recycle
  37. carry a cloth bag
  38. 21
  39. non-renewable
  40. False

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