Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 632 · 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: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
11. 11.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
14. 14.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
18. 18.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
30. 30.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
32. 32.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
36. 36.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?

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