Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 297 · 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: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
6. 6.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
9. 9.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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