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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 777 · 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.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
  4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
  5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
  7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  27. 27.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
  28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
  30. 30.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
  34. 34.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) refill a water bottle
  36. 36.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. non-renewable
  2. reuse
  3. melt cans into new cans
  4. switch off unused lights
  5. protects the future
  6. refill a water bottle
  7. reduce, reuse, recycle
  8. reduce
  9. 10
  10. reuse
  11. print on both sides
  12. use a jar as a pen stand
  13. reduce
  14. recycle
  15. 110
  16. carry a cloth bag
  17. 5
  18. reduce
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. True
  23. reduce
  24. True
  25. reduce
  26. 24
  27. sunlight
  28. renewable
  29. 9
  30. 23
  31. reuse
  32. False
  33. turn plastic into tiles
  34. renewable
  35. pulp old paper
  36. False
  37. non-renewable
  38. 6
  39. non-renewable
  40. False

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