Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 775 · 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 is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
3. 3.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
5. 5.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) diesel
9. 9.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ 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?
12. 12.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
18. 18.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
23. 23.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
24. 24.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ 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?
31. 31.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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