Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 569 · 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: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
5. 5.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
12. 12.♻️ 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
13. 13.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
15. 15.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
21. 21.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
25. 25.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
28. 28.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
32. 32.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

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