Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 757 · 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.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
2. 2.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
4. 4.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
6. 6.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
7. 7.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
10. 10.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
12. 12.♻️ A project report has 60 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
13. 13.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
16. 16.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 18 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) buy less packaging
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
30. 30.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
32. 32.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
39. 39.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?

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