Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 359 · 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.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
3. 3.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
9. 9.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
10. 10.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
22. 22.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
32. 32.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
33. 33.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
35. 35.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
37. 37.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides

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