Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 865 · 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: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) switch off unused lights
3. 3.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ 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?
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
6. 6.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ A project report has 68 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
8. 8.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) burn, bury, forget (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
15. 15.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
16. 16.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
18. 18.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
24. 24.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) give old books away (d) print on both sides
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
28. 28.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 96 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) fix a dripping tap (d) buy less packaging
36. 36.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) give old books away
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?

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