Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 442 · 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.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
10. 10.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
11. 11.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) diesel
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
17. 17.♻️ 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
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
23. 23.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
29. 29.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ 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?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

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