Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 595 · 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.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
4. 4.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) coal
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
14. 14.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
16. 16.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Is flowing river water 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) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4800 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) buy less packaging
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) switch off unused lights (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
34. 34.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
37. 37.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
39. 39.♻️ 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?
40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag

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