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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 704 · 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.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
  3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  4. 4.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
  7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
  9. 9.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  10. 10.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  21. 21.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
  22. 22.♻️ A project report has 86 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  24. 24.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  27. 27.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
  29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
  30. 30.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  33. 33.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  37. 37.♻️ 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?
  38. 38.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. protects the future
  2. use a jar as a pen stand
  3. reduce
  4. True
  5. reuse
  6. fix a dripping tap
  7. 12
  8. refill a water bottle
  9. 9
  10. renewable
  11. non-renewable
  12. 34
  13. False
  14. renewable
  15. non-renewable
  16. buy less packaging
  17. 18
  18. False
  19. True
  20. reuse
  21. sunlight
  22. 43
  23. reuse
  24. reduce, reuse, recycle
  25. True
  26. non-renewable
  27. 39
  28. 9
  29. carry a cloth bag
  30. False
  31. switch off unused lights
  32. 10
  33. False
  34. 48
  35. reduce
  36. print on both sides
  37. 88
  38. True
  39. turn plastic into tiles
  40. reuse

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