Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 199 · 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: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
4. 4.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
6. 6.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
11. 11.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
17. 17.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
20. 20.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
29. 29.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
34. 34.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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