Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 469 · 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 renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
4. 4.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
13. 13.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
18. 18.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
24. 24.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
27. 27.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) diesel
29. 29.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
35. 35.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) buy less packaging
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles

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