Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 944 · 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: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ A project report has 16 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) switch off unused lights
4. 4.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) coal
8. 8.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
10. 10.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 20 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) refill a water bottle (d) buy less packaging
13. 13.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) print on both sides (d) switch off unused lights
14. 14.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
16. 16.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
22. 22.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1650 bottles?
25. 25.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) print on both sides (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) plant in old tyres (c) pulp old paper (d) carry a cloth bag
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
35. 35.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
36. 36.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
37. 37.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 500 bottles?

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