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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 70 · 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: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  2. 2.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
  6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
  11. 11.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
  16. 16.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
  19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt cans into new cans
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
  23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  25. 25.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  29. 29.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
  30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  31. 31.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  35. 35.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
  39. 39.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. reduce
  2. True
  3. renewable
  4. 12
  5. melt cans into new cans
  6. 50
  7. recycle
  8. pulp old paper
  9. reuse
  10. carry a cloth bag
  11. non-renewable
  12. renewable
  13. reuse
  14. reduce
  15. reuse gift paper
  16. renewable
  17. False
  18. sunlight
  19. 3
  20. print on both sides
  21. reuse
  22. 2
  23. turn plastic into tiles
  24. recycle
  25. True
  26. recycle
  27. buy less packaging
  28. reuse
  29. protects the future
  30. use a jar as a pen stand
  31. False
  32. False
  33. 50
  34. reduce, reuse, recycle
  35. True
  36. non-renewable
  37. 3
  38. 3
  39. non-renewable
  40. True

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