Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 163 · 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: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
4. 4.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
6. 6.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
15. 15.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) print on both sides
17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Is sunlight 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 9 weeks?
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
26. 26.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
32. 32.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?

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