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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 871 · 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.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
  2. 2.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
  10. 10.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  14. 14.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
  15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) print on both sides
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  26. 26.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) pulp old paper
  30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
  35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
  36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  38. 38.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

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

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