Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 715 · 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: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
2. 2.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt cans into new cans
14. 14.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
15. 15.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) plant in old tyres (d) switch off unused lights
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
34. 34.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce

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