Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 853 · 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: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) buy less packaging
5. 5.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
9. 9.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
10. 10.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
13. 13.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ 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?
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
18. 18.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
21. 21.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) refill a water bottle
25. 25.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
28. 28.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
32. 32.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) switch off unused lights
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) buy less packaging (d) switch off unused lights
34. 34.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
35. 35.♻️ 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?
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) give old books away
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
40. 40.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars

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