Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 729 · 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 project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) plant in old tyres (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
5. 5.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) coal (d) petrol
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
8. 8.♻️ 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?
9. 9.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) fix a dripping tap
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
15. 15.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
19. 19.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) plant in old tyres (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) reuse gift paper
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
22. 22.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
25. 25.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

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