Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 129 · 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 non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
5. 5.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
10. 10.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
21. 21.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
26. 26.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
30. 30.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
38. 38.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?

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