Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 779 · 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 sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
4. 4.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
9. 9.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
13. 13.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ 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
15. 15.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 30 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) petrol (d) sunlight
20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) reuse gift paper
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) give old books away
28. 28.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
31. 31.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ 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?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle

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