Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 533 · 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 energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
2. 2.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
4. 4.♻️ 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
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
7. 7.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
11. 11.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
14. 14.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
17. 17.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
19. 19.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
21. 21.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
26. 26.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
32. 32.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
40. 40.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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