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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 701 · 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) reuse (c) reduce
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  3. 3.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  9. 9.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
  10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  15. 15.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  18. 18.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
  21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  24. 24.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  26. 26.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  28. 28.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  29. 29.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
  32. 32.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  33. 33.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
  35. 35.♻️ 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?
  36. 36.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  40. 40.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. reduce
  2. pulp old paper
  3. False
  4. 48
  5. 9
  6. turn plastic into tiles
  7. reduce
  8. 108
  9. protects the future
  10. reduce, reuse, recycle
  11. 88
  12. renewable
  13. reuse
  14. 14
  15. 34
  16. plant in old tyres
  17. recycle
  18. False
  19. reduce
  20. melt cans into new cans
  21. True
  22. 2
  23. 32
  24. False
  25. 44
  26. True
  27. reduce
  28. non-renewable
  29. renewable
  30. renewable
  31. carry a cloth bag
  32. 21
  33. renewable
  34. print on both sides
  35. 8
  36. sunlight
  37. reuse
  38. reuse
  39. recycle
  40. False

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