Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 741 · 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 reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
10. 10.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) coal
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
21. 21.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
26. 26.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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