Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 494 · 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: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
3. 3.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) reuse gift paper
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
7. 7.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
9. 9.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
12. 12.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
18. 18.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
23. 23.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
25. 25.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
30. 30.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
36. 36.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt cans into new cans
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
40. 40.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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