Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 156 · 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.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
4. 4.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
9. 9.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) print on both sides
13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) reuse gift paper
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ 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?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
23. 23.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) print on both sides
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
27. 27.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
28. 28.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
36. 36.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
39. 39.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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