Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 448 · 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 wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
13. 13.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3850 bottles?
20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
24. 24.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
25. 25.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
29. 29.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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