Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 73 · 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: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
2. 2.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
15. 15.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
20. 20.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
23. 23.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
35. 35.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
37. 37.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?

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