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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 665 · 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 energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ 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
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  7. 7.♻️ 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?
  8. 8.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
  11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
  12. 12.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  14. 14.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
  19. 19.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  22. 22.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  25. 25.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  27. 27.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
  30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.♻️ 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?
  32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
  33. 33.♻️ 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?
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  39. 39.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. sunlight
  2. reuse
  3. reduce, reuse, recycle
  4. recycle
  5. 6
  6. reduce
  7. 35
  8. renewable
  9. 8
  10. melt glass into new jars
  11. give old books away
  12. renewable
  13. turn plastic into tiles
  14. True
  15. 70
  16. print on both sides
  17. recycle
  18. refill a water bottle
  19. False
  20. False
  21. non-renewable
  22. renewable
  23. False
  24. 2
  25. False
  26. pulp old paper
  27. 25
  28. 12
  29. 7
  30. True
  31. 21
  32. reuse gift paper
  33. 12
  34. 2
  35. 4
  36. True
  37. reduce
  38. renewable
  39. False
  40. True

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