Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 218 · 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 recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
3. 3.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
5. 5.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
7. 7.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
17. 17.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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