Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 358 · 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 school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
3. 3.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
9. 9.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
12. 12.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
14. 14.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
17. 17.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
28. 28.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
32. 32.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?

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