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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 699 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
  4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3300 bottles?
  6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  8. 8.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  9. 9.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
  13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
  14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) coal
  17. 17.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
  21. 21.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  24. 24.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
  25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  27. 27.♻️ 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
  28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
  32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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