Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 948 · 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: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
8. 8.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) reuse gift paper (d) carry a cloth bag
12. 12.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) refill a water bottle
14. 14.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5400 bottles?
17. 17.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) print on both sides (d) reuse gift paper
18. 18.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
20. 20.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) carry a cloth bag (d) melt cans into new cans
22. 22.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
24. 24.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) wastes water (c) protects the future (d) uses the most plastic
25. 25.♻️ A project report has 50 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
27. 27.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
29. 29.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 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 reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) buy less packaging (d) pulp old paper
31. 31.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) give old books away (d) fix a dripping tap
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
33. 33.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 2 weeks?
37. 37.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) diesel
39. 39.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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