Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 185 · 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: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
17. 17.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
20. 20.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
24. 24.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
26. 26.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1650 bottles?
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) buy less packaging
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
38. 38.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides

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