Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 172 · 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 reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) melt cans into new cans
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ 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?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
11. 11.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
14. 14.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
17. 17.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 86 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
26. 26.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) switch off unused lights

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