Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 278 · 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.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
4. 4.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
15. 15.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
23. 23.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
32. 32.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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