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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 894 · 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: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  3. 3.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.♻️ 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?
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) give old books away (d) reuse gift paper
  6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  7. 7.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  14. 14.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  15. 15.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  18. 18.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  25. 25.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  27. 27.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
  31. 31.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  33. 33.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  34. 34.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  39. 39.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

Answer key

  1. True
  2. sunlight
  3. False
  4. 28
  5. buy less packaging
  6. protects the future
  7. renewable
  8. False
  9. fix a dripping tap
  10. reuse
  11. 2
  12. 8
  13. reduce, reuse, recycle
  14. renewable
  15. non-renewable
  16. True
  17. 27
  18. 32
  19. give old books away
  20. 21
  21. melt cans into new cans
  22. melt glass into new jars
  23. reuse
  24. 10
  25. True
  26. reuse
  27. 37
  28. reduce
  29. reuse
  30. print on both sides
  31. 17
  32. 14
  33. non-renewable
  34. renewable
  35. 64
  36. 6
  37. reduce
  38. 3
  39. False
  40. reduce

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