Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 827 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
2. 2.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
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.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
7. 7.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
13. 13.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) buy less packaging (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
16. 16.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) melt cans into new cans
18. 18.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) sunlight
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) switch off unused lights
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) refill a water bottle
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
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 9 weeks?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
37. 37.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) buy less packaging (d) melt glass into new jars

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