Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 536 · 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) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
2. 2.♻️ 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?
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
7. 7.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
15. 15.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
17. 17.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
29. 29.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
32. 32.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
35. 35.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) fix a dripping tap
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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