Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 432 · 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.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
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 8 weeks?
4. 4.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
13. 13.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
25. 25.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 18 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) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
36. 36.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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