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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 680 · 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) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
  2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
  3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
  7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  10. 10.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  12. 12.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  17. 17.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  20. 20.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  24. 24.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  25. 25.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
  32. 32.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  33. 33.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  35. 35.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  36. 36.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
  38. 38.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
  40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides

Answer key

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

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