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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 861 · 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) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  4. 4.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
  7. 7.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  11. 11.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) reuse gift paper
  13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
  16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  17. 17.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
  22. 22.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  25. 25.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  32. 32.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  35. 35.♻️ 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?
  36. 36.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
  38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
  39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) plant in old tyres (d) refill a water bottle
  40. 40.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. protects the future
  2. reduce
  3. 40
  4. False
  5. 44
  6. pulp old paper
  7. True
  8. False
  9. renewable
  10. reduce, reuse, recycle
  11. False
  12. turn plastic into tiles
  13. 3
  14. reduce
  15. use a jar as a pen stand
  16. recycle
  17. True
  18. renewable
  19. 6
  20. 22
  21. sunlight
  22. True
  23. switch off unused lights
  24. reuse
  25. False
  26. False
  27. non-renewable
  28. reduce
  29. 15
  30. melt glass into new jars
  31. reduce
  32. 31
  33. 29
  34. reuse
  35. 72
  36. True
  37. carry a cloth bag
  38. print on both sides
  39. buy less packaging
  40. True

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