Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 10 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
6. 6.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
7. 7.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) coal (d) petrol
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
25. 25.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt glass into new jars (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
30. 30.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3300 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
38. 38.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
40. 40.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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