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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 750 · 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.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
  5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt cans into new cans
  6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
  7. 7.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  10. 10.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  11. 11.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
  13. 13.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ 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
  15. 15.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
  17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
  21. 21.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  24. 24.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  28. 28.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
  34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  38. 38.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag

Answer key

  1. True
  2. reuse
  3. 7
  4. protects the future
  5. plant in old tyres
  6. refill a water bottle
  7. renewable
  8. melt cans into new cans
  9. reduce
  10. 27
  11. False
  12. sunlight
  13. True
  14. reduce, reuse, recycle
  15. False
  16. switch off unused lights
  17. False
  18. renewable
  19. reduce
  20. print on both sides
  21. False
  22. reuse
  23. 7
  24. non-renewable
  25. reuse
  26. 2
  27. non-renewable
  28. False
  29. 38
  30. renewable
  31. 11
  32. renewable
  33. 8
  34. carry a cloth bag
  35. recycle
  36. reuse
  37. use a jar as a pen stand
  38. renewable
  39. reduce
  40. pulp old paper

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