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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 596 · 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.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
  6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
  19. 19.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  20. 20.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) diesel
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  22. 22.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  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 8 weeks?
  24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  27. 27.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
  36. 36.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) melt cans into new cans
  38. 38.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  40. 40.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. recycle
  3. 20
  4. reduce, reuse, recycle
  5. carry a cloth bag
  6. False
  7. protects the future
  8. renewable
  9. reuse
  10. reduce
  11. 108
  12. renewable
  13. fix a dripping tap
  14. reuse
  15. reuse
  16. use a jar as a pen stand
  17. recycle
  18. reuse gift paper
  19. 18
  20. sunlight
  21. reduce
  22. True
  23. 32
  24. switch off unused lights
  25. 6
  26. 8
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. reuse
  31. reduce
  32. reduce
  33. True
  34. non-renewable
  35. melt glass into new jars
  36. True
  37. melt cans into new cans
  38. False
  39. reduce
  40. True

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