Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 353 · 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 wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
3. 3.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
5. 5.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
11. 11.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
22. 22.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
27. 27.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
28. 28.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
35. 35.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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