Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 121 · 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.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
5. 5.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
7. 7.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
10. 10.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1650 bottles?
15. 15.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
17. 17.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ 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?
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) print on both sides
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
28. 28.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
34. 34.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
40. 40.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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