Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 682 · 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) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
18. 18.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
26. 26.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
30. 30.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
34. 34.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) plant in old tyres (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
37. 37.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse

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