Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 158 · 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
4. 4.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
9. 9.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
13. 13.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) carry a cloth bag
14. 14.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4800 bottles?
18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
25. 25.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?

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