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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 951 · 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.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
  4. 4.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) coal
  6. 6.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
  11. 11.♻️ 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?
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  13. 13.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
  15. 15.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  17. 17.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) pulp old paper
  19. 19.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
  26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
  27. 27.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  28. 28.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  29. 29.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  30. 30.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) buy less packaging
  34. 34.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
  37. 37.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
  39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. reduce, reuse, recycle
  3. 3
  4. 46
  5. sunlight
  6. True
  7. False
  8. reuse
  9. reduce
  10. 6
  11. 20
  12. 4
  13. True
  14. protects the future
  15. False
  16. renewable
  17. False
  18. refill a water bottle
  19. False
  20. reuse
  21. print on both sides
  22. reduce
  23. recycle
  24. 5
  25. 5
  26. buy less packaging
  27. non-renewable
  28. renewable
  29. 11
  30. non-renewable
  31. reduce
  32. reuse
  33. melt cans into new cans
  34. False
  35. False
  36. carry a cloth bag
  37. True
  38. reuse gift paper
  39. True
  40. True

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