Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 922 · 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.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
6. 6.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
9. 9.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
13. 13.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ 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
15. 15.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
17. 17.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 750 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
23. 23.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) lasts one day (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
26. 26.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) give old books away
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) melt glass into new jars (d) melt cans into new cans
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) carry a cloth bag
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
32. 32.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
34. 34.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
36. 36.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
38. 38.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
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 3 weeks?
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse

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