Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 650 · 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: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ 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
4. 4.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
6. 6.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4200 bottles?
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) refill a water bottle
9. 9.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) plant in old tyres
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
17. 17.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
22. 22.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
28. 28.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) pulp old paper
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
36. 36.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
40. 40.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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