Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 321 · 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 petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
8. 8.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
10. 10.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
20. 20.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3850 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
29. 29.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
33. 33.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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