Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 885 · 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) diesel (b) petrol (c) coal (d) sunlight
2. 2.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) turn plastic into tiles
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
14. 14.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) burn, bury, forget
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) print on both sides
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
17. 17.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) print on both sides (d) pulp old paper
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) switch off unused lights (d) buy less packaging
23. 23.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
26. 26.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) fix a dripping tap (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
34. 34.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
36. 36.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
38. 38.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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