Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 74 · 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) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
8. 8.♻️ 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
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
12. 12.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) print on both sides
18. 18.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
27. 27.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
29. 29.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ 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?
34. 34.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) print on both sides
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
37. 37.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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