Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 131 · 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: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
7. 7.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand
11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
15. 15.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
18. 18.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
22. 22.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
37. 37.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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