Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 85 · 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: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
2. 2.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
4. 4.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
7. 7.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
8. 8.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
11. 11.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
13. 13.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
16. 16.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
20. 20.♻️ 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
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
35. 35.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
36. 36.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
40. 40.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable

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