Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 525 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
4. 4.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
6. 6.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
10. 10.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) buy less packaging
13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) reuse gift paper (d) plant in old tyres
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4200 bottles?
24. 24.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) plant in old tyres (d) use a jar as a pen stand
33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) print on both sides
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
36. 36.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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