Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 298 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
4. 4.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
8. 8.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
11. 11.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
18. 18.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
21. 21.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
27. 27.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) give old books away
32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) melt glass into new jars
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
37. 37.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
38. 38.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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