Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 258 · 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) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
9. 9.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
11. 11.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
14. 14.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
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) carry a cloth bag
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) print on both sides
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
34. 34.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle

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