Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 923 · 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: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) buy less packaging (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
9. 9.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
11. 11.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
13. 13.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
14. 14.♻️ A project report has 40 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) use a jar as a pen stand
16. 16.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
17. 17.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ A project report has 38 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) switch off unused lights (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) plant in old tyres
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) melt glass into new jars
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 82 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) refill a water bottle (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) melt glass into new jars
32. 32.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
34. 34.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
39. 39.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
40. 40.♻️ A project report has 62 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?

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