Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 794 · 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 natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) refill a water bottle
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
17. 17.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
21. 21.♻️ 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?
22. 22.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) turn plastic into tiles
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
34. 34.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
37. 37.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 450 bottles?
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
40. 40.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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