Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 511 · 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.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt cans into new cans
7. 7.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
13. 13.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
16. 16.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
20. 20.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) print on both sides
29. 29.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
36. 36.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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