Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 879 · 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 sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) plant in old tyres (d) buy less packaging
3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) petrol (d) diesel
5. 5.♻️ 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?
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) refill a water bottle
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) carry a cloth bag (d) fix a dripping tap
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
10. 10.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) turn plastic into tiles
11. 11.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
17. 17.♻️ A project report has 92 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) give old books away
22. 22.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
23. 23.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
24. 24.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 44 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) refill a water bottle (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
36. 36.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) switch off unused lights
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
39. 39.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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