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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 753 · 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 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) pulp old paper
  3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
  5. 5.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  9. 9.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  11. 11.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
  13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  15. 15.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) reuse gift paper
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  18. 18.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  19. 19.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
  21. 21.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
  23. 23.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) reuse gift paper
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  31. 31.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  34. 34.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
  38. 38.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce

Answer key

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

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