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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 954 · 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: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  3. 3.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  6. 6.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  10. 10.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  12. 12.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  14. 14.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
  18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
  19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  23. 23.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
  24. 24.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
  27. 27.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
  30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  38. 38.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
  40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

Answer key

  1. True
  2. reuse
  3. renewable
  4. reduce
  5. 72
  6. True
  7. False
  8. 6
  9. non-renewable
  10. renewable
  11. 88
  12. False
  13. 21
  14. True
  15. 15
  16. non-renewable
  17. pulp old paper
  18. carry a cloth bag
  19. buy less packaging
  20. recycle
  21. reduce
  22. reuse
  23. sunlight
  24. reduce, reuse, recycle
  25. reduce
  26. protects the future
  27. False
  28. 12
  29. 4
  30. 18
  31. True
  32. melt cans into new cans
  33. recycle
  34. reuse gift paper
  35. reuse
  36. refill a water bottle
  37. reuse
  38. True
  39. plant in old tyres
  40. reduce

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