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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 742 · 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 project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
  7. 7.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  9. 9.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  12. 12.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) coal
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
  17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  22. 22.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  26. 26.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  27. 27.♻️ 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?
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  29. 29.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
  32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) give old books away
  33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) print on both sides
  40. 40.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. recycle
  3. renewable
  4. reuse
  5. reduce
  6. melt glass into new jars
  7. True
  8. protects the future
  9. False
  10. False
  11. renewable
  12. False
  13. renewable
  14. False
  15. sunlight
  16. plant in old tyres
  17. 50
  18. refill a water bottle
  19. False
  20. False
  21. reduce, reuse, recycle
  22. True
  23. 3
  24. reduce
  25. 10
  26. non-renewable
  27. 32
  28. 9
  29. non-renewable
  30. 4
  31. reuse gift paper
  32. switch off unused lights
  33. True
  34. True
  35. fix a dripping tap
  36. reduce
  37. True
  38. recycle
  39. melt cans into new cans
  40. False

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