Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 352 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
3. 3.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 48 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) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
10. 10.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
11. 11.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
14. 14.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1650 bottles?
19. 19.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
23. 23.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) plant in old tyres
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
31. 31.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) give old books away
36. 36.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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