Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 368 · 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: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
2. 2.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
5. 5.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
14. 14.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
18. 18.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
28. 28.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
30. 30.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
37. 37.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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