Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 967 · 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.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) pulp old paper
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
5. 5.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) buy less packaging (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) pulp old paper
6. 6.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) sunlight (c) coal (d) diesel
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 90 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) refill a water bottle
12. 12.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
13. 13.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
14. 14.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
15. 15.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) melt glass into new jars (d) refill a water bottle
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) refill a water bottle (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
18. 18.True or false: wind is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) carry a cloth bag
20. 20.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
21. 21.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
22. 22.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
24. 24.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
25. 25.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.♻️ A project report has 52 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
30. 30.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2450 bottles?
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) buy less packaging
32. 32.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
33. 33.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
36. 36.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) print on both sides (d) use a jar as a pen stand
39. 39.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) melt cans into new cans
40. 40.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False

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