Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 982 · 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: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
2. 2.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) lasts one day (c) uses the most plastic (d) protects the future
3. 3.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
4. 4.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) reduce, reuse, recycle (b) recycle, reuse, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) use a jar as a pen stand
7. 7.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 8 weeks?
8. 8.♻️ Is natural gas a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
9. 9.True or false: petrol is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.♻️ A project report has 72 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
11. 11.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
12. 12.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
13. 13.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) reuse gift paper (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
14. 14.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
17. 17.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) switch off unused lights (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) turn plastic into tiles
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
20. 20.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
22. 22.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
25. 25.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) melt cans into new cans (d) reuse gift paper
26. 26.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) fix a dripping tap
27. 27.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) carry a cloth bag (c) melt glass into new jars (d) plant in old tyres
29. 29.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
30. 30.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
31. 31.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
34. 34.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) carry a cloth bag (c) switch off unused lights (d) melt cans into new cans
36. 36.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
38. 38.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) print on both sides (c) melt glass into new jars (d) carry a cloth bag
39. 39.♻️ A family used to throw away 7 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
40. 40.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True

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