Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 293 · 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: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
5. 5.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt cans into new cans
7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
11. 11.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
13. 13.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
18. 18.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
22. 22.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) print on both sides
24. 24.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) reuse gift paper (d) give old books away
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
35. 35.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
38. 38.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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