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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 644 · 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: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
  4. 4.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  6. 6.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
  15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  17. 17.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  33. 33.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
  40. 40.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

Answer key

  1. True
  2. reduce
  3. sunlight
  4. True
  5. renewable
  6. False
  7. print on both sides
  8. 7
  9. reduce
  10. renewable
  11. False
  12. non-renewable
  13. reuse
  14. give old books away
  15. renewable
  16. non-renewable
  17. non-renewable
  18. recycle
  19. 8
  20. 50
  21. protects the future
  22. reuse
  23. melt glass into new jars
  24. 4
  25. 60
  26. reduce
  27. 44
  28. reduce
  29. 7
  30. True
  31. 17
  32. reduce, reuse, recycle
  33. False
  34. False
  35. recycle
  36. switch off unused lights
  37. reuse
  38. use a jar as a pen stand
  39. melt cans into new cans
  40. renewable

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