Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 598 · 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) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
2. 2.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
7. 7.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
11. 11.♻️ 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?
12. 12.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
13. 13.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
18. 18.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
25. 25.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ 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
28. 28.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
31. 31.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
33. 33.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 48 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
37. 37.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle

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