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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 597 · 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 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?
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  3. 3.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
  7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  17. 17.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  18. 18.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  22. 22.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
  27. 27.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 48 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
  37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles

Answer key

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

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