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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 896 · 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 of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
  2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1650 bottles?
  3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  8. 8.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
  12. 12.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt cans into new cans
  14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
  15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
  16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  17. 17.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  18. 18.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  20. 20.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  25. 25.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  27. 27.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) pulp old paper
  32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
  34. 34.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  38. 38.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
  40. 40.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol

Answer key

  1. turn plastic into tiles
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 40
  6. False
  7. reuse
  8. True
  9. True
  10. renewable
  11. 3
  12. non-renewable
  13. buy less packaging
  14. 5
  15. use a jar as a pen stand
  16. 10
  17. non-renewable
  18. protects the future
  19. reduce
  20. renewable
  21. 10
  22. refill a water bottle
  23. reuse
  24. reduce
  25. True
  26. non-renewable
  27. False
  28. reuse gift paper
  29. recycle
  30. reuse
  31. carry a cloth bag
  32. 6
  33. 3
  34. reduce, reuse, recycle
  35. reuse
  36. 4
  37. reuse
  38. False
  39. 4
  40. sunlight

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