Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 739 · 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
2. 2.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
5. 5.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) buy less packaging (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
15. 15.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 66 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
26. 26.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
30. 30.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
32. 32.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ 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?
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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