Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 557 · 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) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
2. 2.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
4. 4.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
6. 6.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
9. 9.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
12. 12.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) refill a water bottle
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
35. 35.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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