Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 681 · 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 is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
2. 2.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
5. 5.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
10. 10.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) give old books away
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
19. 19.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
21. 21.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
24. 24.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
29. 29.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) carry a cloth bag
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
33. 33.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
36. 36.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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