Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 588 · 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.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
8. 8.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
14. 14.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
17. 17.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) plant in old tyres (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4800 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
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.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
35. 35.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?

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