Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 976 · 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.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
2. 2.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
3. 3.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
4. 4.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
5. 5.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
6. 6.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) pulp old paper (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt glass into new jars
7. 7.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
8. 8.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres
9. 9.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
11. 11.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) uses the most plastic (b) wastes water (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
12. 12.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) fix a dripping tap (c) give old books away (d) turn plastic into tiles
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.♻️ A project report has 74 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
17. 17.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
21. 21.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) pulp old paper
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) give old books away
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
27. 27.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
28. 28.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) print on both sides (c) buy less packaging (d) use a jar as a pen stand
30. 30.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) diesel (c) sunlight (d) petrol
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1050 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 400 bottles?
33. 33.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) give old books away (b) refill a water bottle (c) reuse gift paper (d) melt cans into new cans
34. 34.♻️ A school bench is made from 350 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
35. 35.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
37. 37.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ 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?
40. 40.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reuse, recycle, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle

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