Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 363 · 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: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
12. 12.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
21. 21.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
26. 26.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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