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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 809 · 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: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
  3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  5. 5.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
  9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) pulp old paper
  14. 14.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  17. 17.♻️ 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
  18. 18.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
  22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  23. 23.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  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) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) switch off unused lights
  34. 34.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
  37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
  39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  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 3 weeks?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. pulp old paper
  3. sunlight
  4. recycle
  5. 17
  6. reduce
  7. non-renewable
  8. protects the future
  9. 84
  10. carry a cloth bag
  11. 108
  12. renewable
  13. refill a water bottle
  14. turn plastic into tiles
  15. reuse
  16. use a jar as a pen stand
  17. reduce, reuse, recycle
  18. renewable
  19. reduce
  20. 45
  21. 12
  22. fix a dripping tap
  23. 50
  24. True
  25. renewable
  26. reuse
  27. non-renewable
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. 20
  32. True
  33. switch off unused lights
  34. non-renewable
  35. reduce
  36. melt cans into new cans
  37. False
  38. print on both sides
  39. 12
  40. 12

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