Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 238 · 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: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
12. 12.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ 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?
16. 16.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
19. 19.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
21. 21.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
23. 23.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) buy less packaging
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
29. 29.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
33. 33.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
38. 38.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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