Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 295 · 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.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
5. 5.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
9. 9.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
13. 13.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
35. 35.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
39. 39.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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