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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 966 · 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 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
  2. 2.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
  4. 4.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) fix a dripping tap (d) switch off unused lights
  6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
  8. 8.♻️ 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
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) print on both sides
  12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
  13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
  14. 14.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
  17. 17.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  23. 23.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
  27. 27.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  28. 28.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  29. 29.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
  31. 31.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
  33. 33.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
  39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights

Answer key

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

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