Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 839 · 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 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
3. 3.♻️ 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
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) give old books away
6. 6.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 46 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
18. 18.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
27. 27.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
32. 32.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) refill a water bottle
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
40. 40.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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