Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 646 · 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
2. 2.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
14. 14.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
23. 23.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) fix a dripping tap
27. 27.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
28. 28.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
30. 30.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ 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?
32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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