Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 975 · 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.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) reuse gift paper
2. 2.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) melt cans into new cans (d) turn plastic into tiles
3. 3.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 9 weeks?
5. 5.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) pulp old paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) give old books away
6. 6.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
7. 7.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
10. 10.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
11. 11.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
12. 12.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) pulp old paper (c) carry a cloth bag (d) use a jar as a pen stand
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
16. 16.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) switch off unused lights (c) pulp old paper (d) turn plastic into tiles
18. 18.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
20. 20.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
21. 21.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles
22. 22.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) give old books away (d) melt cans into new cans
23. 23.♻️ A family used to throw away 8 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
24. 24.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) diesel (c) petrol (d) coal
26. 26.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
29. 29.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) fix a dripping tap (c) melt cans into new cans (d) melt glass into new jars
31. 31.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) reuse gift paper (c) print on both sides (d) melt glass into new jars
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3600 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
36. 36.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 78 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ 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
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?

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