Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 166 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
2. 2.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
7. 7.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
20. 20.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
30. 30.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
38. 38.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 66 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 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?

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