Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 306 · 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: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
9. 9.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
17. 17.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
26. 26.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
37. 37.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?

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