Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 159 · 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: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) print on both sides
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
12. 12.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) print on both sides
25. 25.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
29. 29.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4800 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
38. 38.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?

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