Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 851 · 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: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) turn plastic into tiles
5. 5.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt glass into new jars (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
12. 12.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) use a jar as a pen stand
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
17. 17.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) coal (d) sunlight
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 14 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) buy less packaging (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
34. 34.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
35. 35.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?

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