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Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 995 · 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 project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) diesel
  3. 3.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
  5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
  7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  11. 11.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
  12. 12.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  13. 13.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
  15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  16. 16.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  17. 17.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
  18. 18.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
  19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
  21. 21.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
  24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
  25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
  26. 26.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
  27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
  28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
  29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
  34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) switch off unused lights
  35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
  36. 36.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
  38. 38.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
  40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper

Answer key

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

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