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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 92 · 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 school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
  3. 3.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
  6. 6.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
  8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  11. 11.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
  13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
  16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
  18. 18.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  21. 21.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  22. 22.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  25. 25.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  27. 27.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  32. 32.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
  34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  35. 35.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  38. 38.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  40. 40.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. sunlight
  3. 33
  4. reduce
  5. reduce, reuse, recycle
  6. renewable
  7. switch off unused lights
  8. False
  9. True
  10. reuse
  11. True
  12. plant in old tyres
  13. turn plastic into tiles
  14. 6
  15. carry a cloth bag
  16. 30
  17. buy less packaging
  18. renewable
  19. non-renewable
  20. reuse
  21. non-renewable
  22. False
  23. protects the future
  24. recycle
  25. non-renewable
  26. reduce
  27. False
  28. reuse
  29. 17
  30. reuse
  31. reduce
  32. 35
  33. 11
  34. refill a water bottle
  35. renewable
  36. print on both sides
  37. 8
  38. True
  39. reduce
  40. 11

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