Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 799 · 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.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
4. 4.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
5. 5.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
7. 7.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
12. 12.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
16. 16.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
18. 18.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
28. 28.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
31. 31.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
36. 36.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
39. 39.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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