Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 873 · 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 is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) refill a water bottle (c) reuse gift paper (d) give old books away
3. 3.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
7. 7.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) reuse gift paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
12. 12.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) pulp old paper (c) buy less packaging (d) plant in old tyres
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) buy less packaging (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
22. 22.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
23. 23.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) refill a water bottle (d) plant in old tyres
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
29. 29.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
31. 31.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
34. 34.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ A project report has 12 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
39. 39.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
40. 40.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides

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