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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 994 · 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
  3. 3.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  4. 4.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
  6. 6.♻️ 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?
  7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
  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.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) buy less packaging (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
  11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
  12. 12.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
  15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides
  17. 17.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  19. 19.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  20. 20.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  21. 21.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
  23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
  24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
  25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
  26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
  28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
  29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
  30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  32. 32.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
  35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
  36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
  37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
  38. 38.True or false: flowing river water 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.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

Answer key

  1. melt cans into new cans
  2. sunlight
  3. renewable
  4. renewable
  5. print on both sides
  6. 10
  7. 8
  8. 11
  9. reduce, reuse, recycle
  10. pulp old paper
  11. 54
  12. True
  13. 30
  14. 2
  15. recycle
  16. give old books away
  17. True
  18. reduce
  19. renewable
  20. renewable
  21. False
  22. 9
  23. switch off unused lights
  24. 8
  25. 4
  26. reduce
  27. recycle
  28. fix a dripping tap
  29. turn plastic into tiles
  30. False
  31. recycle
  32. True
  33. renewable
  34. 11
  35. reuse
  36. recycle
  37. reuse gift paper
  38. False
  39. non-renewable
  40. non-renewable

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