Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 935 · 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.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1500 bottles?
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) print on both sides
6. 6.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) uses the most plastic
7. 7.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
11. 11.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
13. 13.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
14. 14.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) petrol
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) plant in old tyres (c) switch off unused lights (d) refill a water bottle
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
22. 22.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
24. 24.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) buy less packaging (d) melt cans into new cans
25. 25.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
27. 27.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
28. 28.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
35. 35.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
37. 37.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) refill a water bottle (c) fix a dripping tap (d) plant in old tyres
40. 40.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?

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