Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 458 · 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.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
4. 4.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
6. 6.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
12. 12.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ 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
14. 14.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
19. 19.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) print on both sides
28. 28.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
30. 30.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 48 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce

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