Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 755 · 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.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
5. 5.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
8. 8.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt glass into new jars (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt glass into new jars
26. 26.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
28. 28.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) use a jar as a pen stand
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) fix a dripping tap (d) carry a cloth bag
35. 35.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
37. 37.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) carry a cloth bag

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