Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 574 · 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: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) coal
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
15. 15.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
23. 23.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
32. 32.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?

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