Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 963 · 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: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) coal (c) sunlight (d) petrol
4. 4.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4950 bottles?
5. 5.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
7. 7.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) protects the future (d) lasts one day
8. 8.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
10. 10.♻️ 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
11. 11.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
13. 13.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
15. 15.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1400 bottles?
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
19. 19.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
21. 21.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 6 weeks?
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 250 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1250 bottles?
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) buy less packaging (c) switch off unused lights (d) print on both sides
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
28. 28.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
30. 30.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) melt cans into new cans (c) fix a dripping tap (d) buy less packaging
32. 32.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
33. 33.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) use a jar as a pen stand
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
35. 35.♻️ 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?
36. 36.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
38. 38.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?

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