Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 824 · 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: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
4. 4.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) buy less packaging
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) petrol (d) sunlight
13. 13.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
19. 19.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 80 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) plant in old tyres
27. 27.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
29. 29.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
30. 30.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2200 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) refill a water bottle
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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