Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 720 · 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.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
4. 4.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) print on both sides
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
15. 15.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
18. 18.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
23. 23.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
25. 25.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
27. 27.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
29. 29.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ 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
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
38. 38.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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