Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 573 · 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: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
8. 8.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
15. 15.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand
18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) fix a dripping tap
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
25. 25.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
27. 27.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
30. 30.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
36. 36.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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