Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 711 · 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) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
2. 2.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
7. 7.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
12. 12.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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