Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 802 · 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) print on both sides (c) plant in old tyres (d) pulp old paper
2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
5. 5.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5500 bottles?
8. 8.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
11. 11.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) diesel (d) petrol
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
14. 14.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) give old books away
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
22. 22.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
31. 31.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?

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