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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 664 · 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 school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  4. 4.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  6. 6.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
  9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) carry a cloth bag
  16. 16.♻️ 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
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
  21. 21.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  22. 22.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) reuse gift paper
  24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) give old books away
  26. 26.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) coal
  27. 27.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
  28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  30. 30.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  32. 32.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  33. 33.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  37. 37.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  40. 40.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. switch off unused lights
  3. recycle
  4. False
  5. 21
  6. False
  7. recycle
  8. 8
  9. renewable
  10. 12
  11. use a jar as a pen stand
  12. 7
  13. fix a dripping tap
  14. reduce
  15. melt glass into new jars
  16. reduce, reuse, recycle
  17. 11
  18. reuse
  19. 45
  20. pulp old paper
  21. non-renewable
  22. True
  23. carry a cloth bag
  24. True
  25. print on both sides
  26. sunlight
  27. protects the future
  28. turn plastic into tiles
  29. reduce
  30. 15
  31. reuse
  32. renewable
  33. False
  34. 22
  35. 6
  36. reduce
  37. False
  38. reduce
  39. 3
  40. True

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