Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 881 · 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 of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
3. 3.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
5. 5.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
8. 8.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 54 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) turn plastic into tiles
14. 14.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
15. 15.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1750 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) plant in old tyres
26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1100 bottles?
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) print on both sides (d) give old books away
29. 29.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt glass into new jars
35. 35.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt cans into new cans (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles

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