Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 289 · 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: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
5. 5.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
14. 14.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ 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
16. 16.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
21. 21.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
28. 28.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?

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