Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 309 · 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.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
3. 3.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
5. 5.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
13. 13.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) refill a water bottle (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) print on both sides
23. 23.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
29. 29.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
33. 33.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) pulp old paper
37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle

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