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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 886 · 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 project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
  3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) reuse gift paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  5. 5.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3850 bottles?
  7. 7.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
  11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 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 reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
  16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  18. 18.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
  19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
  23. 23.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  25. 25.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
  30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  32. 32.♻️ 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
  33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  36. 36.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  38. 38.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. sunlight
  3. melt glass into new jars
  4. 45
  5. False
  6. 11
  7. non-renewable
  8. turn plastic into tiles
  9. 3
  10. melt cans into new cans
  11. reduce
  12. 12
  13. False
  14. 4
  15. buy less packaging
  16. non-renewable
  17. 6
  18. protects the future
  19. 4
  20. 47
  21. reuse
  22. plant in old tyres
  23. non-renewable
  24. reuse
  25. False
  26. 7
  27. reuse
  28. 27
  29. 3
  30. 2
  31. reduce
  32. reduce, reuse, recycle
  33. False
  34. False
  35. renewable
  36. True
  37. renewable
  38. renewable
  39. 7
  40. pulp old paper

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