Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 854 · 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 school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2250 bottles?
2. 2.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
3. 3.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
4. 4.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
5. 5.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
7. 7.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt glass into new jars (c) pulp old paper (d) plant in old tyres
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) plant in old tyres
13. 13.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
18. 18.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) diesel (d) petrol
20. 20.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.♻️ 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
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt glass into new jars
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
29. 29.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt cans into new cans
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?
31. 31.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
34. 34.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles
38. 38.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
39. 39.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ 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?

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