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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 685 · 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 recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides
  3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
  6. 6.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
  11. 11.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  13. 13.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
  18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
  21. 21.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  22. 22.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
  30. 30.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  34. 34.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
  38. 38.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

Answer key

  1. melt glass into new jars
  2. pulp old paper
  3. reduce, reuse, recycle
  4. switch off unused lights
  5. print on both sides
  6. True
  7. 54
  8. protects the future
  9. reduce
  10. carry a cloth bag
  11. False
  12. reuse
  13. 8
  14. reduce
  15. False
  16. renewable
  17. fix a dripping tap
  18. False
  19. True
  20. reuse gift paper
  21. non-renewable
  22. False
  23. True
  24. non-renewable
  25. False
  26. 18
  27. renewable
  28. 13
  29. sunlight
  30. non-renewable
  31. 6
  32. reuse
  33. reduce
  34. True
  35. reuse
  36. recycle
  37. 12
  38. 32
  39. 34
  40. renewable

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