Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 282 · 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 sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
3. 3.♻️ 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
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
5. 5.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
17. 17.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
20. 20.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
24. 24.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
39. 39.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles

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