Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 575 · 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.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ 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
6. 6.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
17. 17.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
19. 19.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
21. 21.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
23. 23.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 48 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
32. 32.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) use a jar as a pen stand
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
36. 36.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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