Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 422 · 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) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
2. 2.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
10. 10.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
12. 12.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
14. 14.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
17. 17.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3850 bottles?
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
34. 34.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
38. 38.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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