Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 335 · 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.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) carry a cloth bag
6. 6.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) refill a water bottle
10. 10.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) reuse gift paper
17. 17.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
23. 23.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) fix a dripping tap (d) carry a cloth bag
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
35. 35.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) refill a water bottle
37. 37.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

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