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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 737 · 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 family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  3. 3.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  5. 5.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  7. 7.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) pulp old paper
  10. 10.♻️ 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
  11. 11.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
  13. 13.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
  17. 17.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
  20. 20.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  24. 24.♻️ 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?
  25. 25.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  26. 26.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  31. 31.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  37. 37.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  39. 39.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. 56
  2. non-renewable
  3. renewable
  4. 2
  5. renewable
  6. 6
  7. True
  8. recycle
  9. reuse gift paper
  10. reduce, reuse, recycle
  11. False
  12. refill a water bottle
  13. False
  14. renewable
  15. reuse
  16. switch off unused lights
  17. True
  18. False
  19. melt glass into new jars
  20. 30
  21. 44
  22. reduce
  23. 100
  24. 8
  25. non-renewable
  26. sunlight
  27. True
  28. True
  29. True
  30. 20
  31. False
  32. 3
  33. 7
  34. use a jar as a pen stand
  35. 12
  36. reuse
  37. renewable
  38. 3
  39. protects the future
  40. reduce

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