Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 235 · 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: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
5. 5.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
9. 9.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
12. 12.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
14. 14.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
18. 18.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
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 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
36. 36.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
40. 40.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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