Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 793 · 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.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
5. 5.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
6. 6.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
9. 9.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) refill a water bottle
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
23. 23.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
39. 39.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging

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