Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 874 · 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.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
4. 4.True or false: petrol 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
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 8 weeks?
8. 8.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
9. 9.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2500 bottles?
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 36 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) lasts one day (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
19. 19.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) carry a cloth bag (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
26. 26.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
31. 31.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) give old books away (d) plant in old tyres
33. 33.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
38. 38.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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