Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 396 · 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: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
3. 3.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
8. 8.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
10. 10.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
17. 17.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
19. 19.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
33. 33.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
36. 36.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) coal

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