Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 867 · 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.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) melt glass into new jars
3. 3.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
4. 4.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
8. 8.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 86 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt glass into new jars (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
14. 14.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 84 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
20. 20.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 76 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
28. 28.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
37. 37.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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