Engineering and Design - Unit 5: Lesson 5. Incorporating Green Engineering Principles

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Which of the following explains why a decision matrix ranks and assigns values to each decision?

It ensures that the engineer does not weigh a variable more or less in favor of one design over another.

Which of the following distinguishes what the engineer is seeking in the following scenario? Juan has been hired to review a nuclear power plant. He knows the benefits of the plant, but there has also been an increase in mutations among the fish in a nearby lake.

Juan is seeking to identify hidden input issues that could be polluting the environment.

Which option distinguishes why the redesigned product in the following scenario is important to the environment? Chelsea is leading an engineering team that is experimenting with different materials for dog waste bags.The bags that are currently used are not biodegradable and are taking up limited landfill space. She would like to create a durable bag that can disintegrate over a short period of time.

The bags will break down and not contribute to the collection of immortal waste.

Which of the following cannot be compromised when incorporating green engineering design principles?

The clients' needs must be met within their budgets.

Which option justifies the engineer in the following scenario creating a new design when there is already one in use?Currently, landfills are being overrun with old computers. They are not biodegradable, and the problem is only growing worse each year. Tim would like to redesign computers so that they produce much less waste in the environment when discarded.

To create a sustainable product, he must improve upon and create innovative technologies.

Environmental sustainability and human health considerations play important roles in decisions that engineers make as they create and design products.

True

Which type of engineer must take courses that include fluid mechanics, statistics, physics, and mathematics?

civil engineer

Which of the following is rarely a primary concern for engineering clients?

sustainability

Which of the following describes what green engineering incorporates into a design?

using existing energy and materials instead of creating new materials or energy sources

A Christian's weakness seems like _________ but the Holy Spirit turns it to ____________.

waste, resource

In no less than one hundred fifty words, identify and describe which techniques can be implemented into the design process in order to improve design while increasing environmental sustainability.

Example: mention recycling, repurposing, and reusing in your paragraph(s).


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