Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 337 · 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.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
2. 2.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
5. 5.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
13. 13.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
16. 16.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
19. 19.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) print on both sides
28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
32. 32.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
34. 34.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
36. 36.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
38. 38.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

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