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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 663 · 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.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  4. 4.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) reuse gift paper
  9. 9.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
  14. 14.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
  22. 22.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  25. 25.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  33. 33.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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