Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 208 · 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: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
10. 10.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
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 7 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) give old books away
14. 14.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
15. 15.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging
20. 20.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
22. 22.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
35. 35.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging

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