Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 498 · 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: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) switch off unused lights
7. 7.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
9. 9.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
13. 13.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
16. 16.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
23. 23.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
35. 35.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
37. 37.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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