Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 813 · 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: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) fix a dripping tap
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
7. 7.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) reuse gift paper
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2750 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
14. 14.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
16. 16.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) pulp old paper (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
17. 17.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
18. 18.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
29. 29.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
33. 33.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
39. 39.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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