Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 291 · 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.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) switch off unused lights
6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) use a jar as a pen stand
8. 8.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ 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
16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
23. 23.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) give old books away
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
30. 30.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
36. 36.♻️ 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?
37. 37.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) pulp old paper
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) pulp old paper
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away

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