Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 476 · 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: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
3. 3.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
6. 6.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
18. 18.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
21. 21.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
29. 29.♻️ 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?
30. 30.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
34. 34.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
36. 36.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) plant in old tyres (d) reuse gift paper
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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