Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 992 · 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 flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) give old books away (d) switch off unused lights
4. 4.♻️ A project report has 88 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
5. 5.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) coal (c) diesel (d) petrol
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 5000 bottles?
7. 7.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) reuse gift paper (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) buy less packaging
8. 8.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
9. 9.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
11. 11.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
12. 12.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) burn, bury, forget (c) reuse, recycle, reduce (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
13. 13.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) plant in old tyres (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) print on both sides
14. 14.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) pulp old paper (b) buy less packaging (c) refill a water bottle (d) reuse gift paper
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
16. 16.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) plant in old tyres (d) melt glass into new jars
17. 17.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
18. 18.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2800 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) wastes water (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) protects the future
21. 21.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2000 bottles?
22. 22.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: fix a dripping tap? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
23. 23.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
25. 25.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) melt cans into new cans (d) use a jar as a pen stand
26. 26.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) refill a water bottle
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) carry a cloth bag (c) pulp old paper (d) switch off unused lights
28. 28.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) fix a dripping tap (b) melt glass into new jars (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) plant in old tyres
29. 29.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 900 bottles?
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ A family used to throw away 4 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 11 weeks?
34. 34.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) switch off unused lights (c) fix a dripping tap (d) reuse gift paper
36. 36.♻️ A family used to throw away 6 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 12 weeks?
37. 37.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 7 weeks?
38. 38.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce

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