Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 814 · 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 school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4050 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
8. 8.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) petrol (d) diesel
10. 10.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
11. 11.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) reuse gift paper (d) refill a water bottle
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt cans into new cans (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
21. 21.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
25. 25.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
33. 33.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
34. 34.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
39. 39.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) reuse gift paper (d) buy less packaging
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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