Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 696 · 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: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) switch off unused lights
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) fix a dripping tap (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
6. 6.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
8. 8.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) buy less packaging
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
13. 13.♻️ 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
14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
17. 17.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
22. 22.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
27. 27.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
36. 36.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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