Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 798 · 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 petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
9. 9.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) use a jar as a pen stand
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) refill a water bottle
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) petrol (d) sunlight
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 72 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) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
23. 23.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
25. 25.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) buy less packaging
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
34. 34.♻️ 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?
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) plant in old tyres (d) give old books away
36. 36.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
38. 38.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?

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