Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 694 · 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 energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
27. 27.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
32. 32.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
35. 35.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 6000 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
40. 40.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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