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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 979 · 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 family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
  2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  3. 3.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
  5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
  6. 6.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
  11. 11.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
  13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  16. 16.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
  23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) print on both sides
  24. 24.♻️ 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?
  25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) refill a water bottle
  26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
  27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
  28. 28.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
  33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  38. 38.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. reduce
  3. 47
  4. refill a water bottle
  5. protects the future
  6. True
  7. False
  8. 11
  9. 11
  10. 110
  11. True
  12. reduce, reuse, recycle
  13. reduce
  14. non-renewable
  15. reuse
  16. 9
  17. use a jar as a pen stand
  18. reduce
  19. False
  20. recycle
  21. renewable
  22. sunlight
  23. print on both sides
  24. 18
  25. melt glass into new jars
  26. 48
  27. pulp old paper
  28. 42
  29. True
  30. non-renewable
  31. reuse
  32. plant in old tyres
  33. recycle
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. recycle
  38. True
  39. non-renewable
  40. True

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