Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 23 · 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 reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
3. 3.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
5. 5.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
7. 7.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
13. 13.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) print on both sides
25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
29. 29.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
38. 38.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

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