Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 436 · 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: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
3. 3.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
6. 6.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
9. 9.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) diesel (d) petrol
11. 11.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
13. 13.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
15. 15.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
18. 18.♻️ 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?
19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
28. 28.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
29. 29.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
32. 32.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
36. 36.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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