Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 135 · 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: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
3. 3.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
5. 5.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) use a jar as a pen stand
9. 9.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
18. 18.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
23. 23.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
36. 36.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?

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