Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 570 · 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.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) switch off unused lights (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
9. 9.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
14. 14.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
20. 20.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
28. 28.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
36. 36.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
40. 40.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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