Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 252 · 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 reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) melt cans into new cans
2. 2.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
6. 6.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
9. 9.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
12. 12.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
14. 14.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
17. 17.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
35. 35.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
37. 37.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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