Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 283 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) coal (d) petrol
6. 6.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
24. 24.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
32. 32.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
34. 34.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
40. 40.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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