Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 144 · 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: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
7. 7.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) melt cans into new cans
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
15. 15.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ 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
22. 22.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
24. 24.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
26. 26.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
30. 30.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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