Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 361 · 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 energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
3. 3.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
13. 13.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
16. 16.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
22. 22.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt cans into new cans
32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
36. 36.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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