Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 916 · 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.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) pulp old paper
4. 4.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) protects the future (c) uses the most plastic (d) lasts one day
5. 5.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
7. 7.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
9. 9.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
10. 10.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
11. 11.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 42 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ A project report has 34 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
23. 23.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
25. 25.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
26. 26.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
27. 27.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
29. 29.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) sunlight
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) reuse gift paper
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
37. 37.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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