Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 636 · 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.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging
3. 3.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
5. 5.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
10. 10.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
13. 13.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
16. 16.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
21. 21.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
22. 22.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?

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