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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 790 · 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 flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
  3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  4. 4.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
  9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
  10. 10.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  13. 13.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  21. 21.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
  33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  40. 40.♻️ 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?

Answer key

  1. renewable
  2. print on both sides
  3. buy less packaging
  4. False
  5. True
  6. 64
  7. pulp old paper
  8. 2
  9. sunlight
  10. 9
  11. 2
  12. 72
  13. protects the future
  14. 20
  15. use a jar as a pen stand
  16. reduce
  17. 40
  18. reduce
  19. non-renewable
  20. 2
  21. False
  22. False
  23. 12
  24. recycle
  25. recycle
  26. reduce
  27. True
  28. reduce, reuse, recycle
  29. False
  30. renewable
  31. 50
  32. 5
  33. False
  34. renewable
  35. recycle
  36. False
  37. turn plastic into tiles
  38. 4
  39. fix a dripping tap
  40. 24

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