Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 465 · 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 coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
7. 7.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
9. 9.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) switch off unused lights
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: coal 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.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
26. 26.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
31. 31.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
38. 38.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ 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
40. 40.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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