Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 926 · 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: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) reduce, reuse, recycle (d) recycle, reuse, reduce
4. 4.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) buy less packaging
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) reuse gift paper (d) pulp old paper
9. 9.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) coal
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
12. 12.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 64 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
15. 15.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) refill a water bottle
16. 16.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ A family used to throw away 10 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
18. 18.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.♻️ A project report has 28 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
21. 21.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) fix a dripping tap
22. 22.♻️ A project report has 22 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
23. 23.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) wastes water
25. 25.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) print on both sides
28. 28.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 10 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
32. 32.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) carry a cloth bag
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) fix a dripping tap
39. 39.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?

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