Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 653 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
2. 2.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
4. 4.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) refill a water bottle (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
9. 9.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) melt glass into new jars
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
14. 14.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
19. 19.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
20. 20.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
22. 22.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?

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