Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 686 · 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) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
5. 5.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) diesel
7. 7.♻️ 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?
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
9. 9.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
12. 12.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
15. 15.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
20. 20.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
34. 34.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
37. 37.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
38. 38.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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