Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 583 · 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 reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
10. 10.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
13. 13.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
18. 18.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
25. 25.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
38. 38.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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