Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 684 · 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.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
3. 3.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
5. 5.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
8. 8.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
17. 17.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
23. 23.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
31. 31.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
34. 34.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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