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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 900 · 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 family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  2. 2.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
  4. 4.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
  8. 8.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
  12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
  14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  22. 22.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  23. 23.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  24. 24.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  31. 31.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  33. 33.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  34. 34.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
  36. 36.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  40. 40.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

Answer key

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

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