Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 981 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: wind is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
5. 5.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
6. 6.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
7. 7.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) petrol (b) coal (c) diesel (d) sunlight
8. 8.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
10. 10.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 4 weeks?
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
12. 12.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.♻️ A project report has 24 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
16. 16.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
18. 18.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) give old books away (d) melt glass into new jars
19. 19.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) print on both sides (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt cans into new cans
20. 20.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) burn, bury, forget
23. 23.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
25. 25.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) give old books away (c) plant in old tyres (d) carry a cloth bag
28. 28.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) give old books away (c) melt glass into new jars (d) buy less packaging
31. 31.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ A family used to throw away 9 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
33. 33.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
34. 34.♻️ A family used to throw away 3 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 10 weeks?
35. 35.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) melt cans into new cans (c) plant in old tyres (d) print on both sides
36. 36.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) fix a dripping tap (d) turn plastic into tiles
37. 37.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
38. 38.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
39. 39.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) use a jar as a pen stand

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