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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 658 · 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 5 weeks?
  2. 2.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
  4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
  7. 7.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  9. 9.♻️ 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
  10. 10.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1650 bottles?
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) switch off unused lights
  19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) melt glass into new jars
  20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  23. 23.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  25. 25.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  30. 30.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  31. 31.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  38. 38.♻️ 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?
  39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) reuse gift paper
  40. 40.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. non-renewable
  3. reuse gift paper
  4. 3
  5. reduce
  6. carry a cloth bag
  7. renewable
  8. sunlight
  9. reduce, reuse, recycle
  10. False
  11. renewable
  12. 31
  13. 50
  14. False
  15. 5
  16. 11
  17. recycle
  18. switch off unused lights
  19. melt glass into new jars
  20. refill a water bottle
  21. reuse
  22. reduce
  23. False
  24. reduce
  25. non-renewable
  26. 39
  27. renewable
  28. 5
  29. 48
  30. 20
  31. True
  32. pulp old paper
  33. recycle
  34. True
  35. True
  36. reduce
  37. reuse
  38. 32
  39. print on both sides
  40. False

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