Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 477 · 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 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
4. 4.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
6. 6.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
14. 14.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) coal
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) pulp old paper
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) give old books away (d) melt cans into new cans
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
36. 36.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
38. 38.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?

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