Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 633 · 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: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
8. 8.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
13. 13.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
17. 17.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
20. 20.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 48 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
31. 31.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) buy less packaging
33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
39. 39.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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