Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 457 · 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: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
5. 5.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) buy less packaging
9. 9.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
11. 11.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
16. 16.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
18. 18.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
26. 26.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
30. 30.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) print on both sides
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse

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