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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 648 · 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: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
  7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
  8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  10. 10.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?
  17. 17.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.♻️ 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
  19. 19.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
  23. 23.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) buy less packaging
  31. 31.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
  33. 33.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  37. 37.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. recycle
  3. renewable
  4. protects the future
  5. 5
  6. sunlight
  7. 6
  8. 12
  9. reduce
  10. False
  11. recycle
  12. recycle
  13. True
  14. 2
  15. renewable
  16. 9
  17. non-renewable
  18. reduce, reuse, recycle
  19. False
  20. False
  21. switch off unused lights
  22. buy less packaging
  23. True
  24. 22
  25. recycle
  26. 2
  27. 4
  28. reuse
  29. reduce
  30. turn plastic into tiles
  31. renewable
  32. fix a dripping tap
  33. False
  34. True
  35. 7
  36. reduce
  37. 20
  38. reuse
  39. 72
  40. False

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