Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 627 · 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: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
8. 8.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
14. 14.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
17. 17.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
22. 22.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
27. 27.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 84 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 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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