Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 414 · 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 is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
3. 3.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
6. 6.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
15. 15.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
17. 17.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
21. 21.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
22. 22.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
28. 28.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
32. 32.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) reuse gift paper
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper

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