Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 93 · 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 natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) fix a dripping tap (c) print on both sides (d) buy less packaging
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
6. 6.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
8. 8.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
12. 12.♻️ 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
13. 13.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
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 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
19. 19.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3000 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
24. 24.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
26. 26.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) reuse gift paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
27. 27.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) lasts one day
29. 29.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
31. 31.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) buy less packaging (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) carry a cloth bag (d) switch off unused lights
33. 33.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
35. 35.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
36. 36.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ A project report has 70 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
39. 39.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?

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