Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 262 · 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 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
6. 6.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) plant in old tyres
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
14. 14.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
15. 15.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) print on both sides
19. 19.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) pulp old paper
21. 21.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
23. 23.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
26. 26.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
36. 36.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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