Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 175 · 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: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
5. 5.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
6. 6.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) fix a dripping tap
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 86 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
31. 31.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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