Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 893 · 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) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
3. 3.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
7. 7.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
11. 11.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
12. 12.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ 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
14. 14.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) refill a water bottle (c) plant in old tyres (d) use a jar as a pen stand
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
20. 20.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) print on both sides (d) fix a dripping tap
21. 21.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 98 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
30. 30.♻️ A project report has 32 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) fix a dripping tap (c) carry a cloth bag (d) refill a water bottle
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt cans into new cans (c) buy less packaging (d) melt glass into new jars
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) melt cans into new cans (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt glass into new jars
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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