Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 116 · 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.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
16. 16.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
23. 23.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) switch off unused lights
37. 37.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) buy less packaging (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag

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