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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 846 · 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 sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  3. 3.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
  6. 6.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
  10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  16. 16.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  18. 18.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  21. 21.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  23. 23.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  28. 28.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  30. 30.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
  32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
  33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
  38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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