Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 501 · 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 school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
3. 3.♻️ 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
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 48 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
16. 16.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) diesel
18. 18.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
20. 20.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
21. 21.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) give old books away
29. 29.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
36. 36.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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