Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 428 · 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) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
3. 3.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
5. 5.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
8. 8.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
16. 16.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
21. 21.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
26. 26.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
29. 29.♻️ 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?
30. 30.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
34. 34.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce

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