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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 946 · 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: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
  4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
  5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  11. 11.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  12. 12.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
  14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
  15. 15.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
  19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  20. 20.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
  22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
  23. 23.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
  25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
  26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
  27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  28. 28.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  30. 30.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  34. 34.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
  36. 36.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  37. 37.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  38. 38.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  39. 39.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce

Answer key

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

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