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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 660 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  2. 2.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
  8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
  11. 11.♻️ 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
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  13. 13.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
  14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) give old books away
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  22. 22.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) switch off unused lights
  24. 24.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  33. 33.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
  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) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  40. 40.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. recycle
  2. True
  3. use a jar as a pen stand
  4. reduce
  5. melt glass into new jars
  6. reduce
  7. refill a water bottle
  8. fix a dripping tap
  9. 2
  10. 8
  11. reduce, reuse, recycle
  12. recycle
  13. protects the future
  14. 35
  15. print on both sides
  16. sunlight
  17. 8
  18. renewable
  19. recycle
  20. buy less packaging
  21. reuse
  22. non-renewable
  23. pulp old paper
  24. renewable
  25. 100
  26. recycle
  27. True
  28. False
  29. reduce
  30. renewable
  31. reuse
  32. 90
  33. False
  34. 5
  35. carry a cloth bag
  36. True
  37. turn plastic into tiles
  38. 11
  39. reuse
  40. True

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