Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 145 · 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.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
3. 3.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
13. 13.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
21. 21.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
24. 24.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles
30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
31. 31.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?

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