Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 564 · 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 of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
5. 5.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
10. 10.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
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 12 weeks?
15. 15.♻️ 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?
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
17. 17.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4200 bottles?
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
31. 31.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) melt cans into new cans
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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