Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 847 · 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 sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
2. 2.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
6. 6.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
8. 8.♻️ A project report has 58 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) carry a cloth bag (d) reuse gift paper
16. 16.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
38. 38.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) buy less packaging
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres

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