Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 568 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
2. 2.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
7. 7.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
24. 24.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
28. 28.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ 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
35. 35.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
38. 38.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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