Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 765 · 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 school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
4. 4.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) coal
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
14. 14.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) reuse gift paper
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
19. 19.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
27. 27.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
29. 29.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
35. 35.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
37. 37.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
39. 39.♻️ 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?
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt cans into new cans

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