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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 712 · 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 school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  2. 2.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
  6. 6.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
  7. 7.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  12. 12.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4200 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  22. 22.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
  25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
  26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  30. 30.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
  34. 34.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
  37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
  38. 38.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap

Answer key

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

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