Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 517 · 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.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
2. 2.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
7. 7.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) fix a dripping tap
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
27. 27.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
29. 29.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
34. 34.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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