Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 247 · 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.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) reuse gift paper
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
18. 18.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
22. 22.♻️ 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
23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
26. 26.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) turn plastic into tiles
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
35. 35.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
38. 38.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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