Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 849 · 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.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) coal (d) diesel
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) turn plastic into tiles
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
6. 6.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) wastes water
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3200 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1600 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) refill a water bottle
24. 24.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2100 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt cans into new cans (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
34. 34.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
35. 35.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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