Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 547 · 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: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
6. 6.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
9. 9.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
12. 12.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
18. 18.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
20. 20.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
27. 27.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) buy less packaging
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) turn plastic into tiles
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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