Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 286 · 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.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ 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
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
6. 6.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
8. 8.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ 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?
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
12. 12.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.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) melt cans into new cans
19. 19.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
26. 26.♻️ 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?
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
38. 38.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
40. 40.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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