Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 604 · 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: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
5. 5.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
10. 10.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
15. 15.♻️ 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
16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
26. 26.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
29. 29.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
31. 31.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
38. 38.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand

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