Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 993 · 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: refill a water bottle? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
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) melt cans into new cans (b) melt glass into new jars (c) give old books away (d) pulp old paper
4. 4.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) plant in old tyres (c) melt cans into new cans (d) carry a cloth bag
5. 5.♻️ 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?
6. 6.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1000 bottles?
7. 7.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) reuse gift paper (c) switch off unused lights (d) pulp old paper
8. 8.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
10. 10.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
11. 11.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) switch off unused lights (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) use a jar as a pen stand
12. 12.True or false: diesel is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: biogas from waste is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: switch off unused lights? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
15. 15.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
16. 16.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2700 bottles?
17. 17.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) print on both sides (c) pulp old paper (d) reuse gift paper
19. 19.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) refill a water bottle (c) turn plastic into tiles (d) reuse gift paper
20. 20.True or false: petrol is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
22. 22.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1350 bottles?
23. 23.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4500 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) protects the future (b) uses the most plastic (c) lasts one day (d) wastes water
26. 26.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 2400 bottles?
27. 27.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) plant in old tyres (b) use a jar as a pen stand (c) melt glass into new jars (d) print on both sides
28. 28.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) sunlight (b) petrol (c) diesel (d) coal
29. 29.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
30. 30.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) turn plastic into tiles (b) fix a dripping tap (c) pulp old paper (d) melt cans into new cans
31. 31.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
33. 33.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) burn, bury, forget (b) reduce, reuse, recycle (c) recycle, reuse, reduce (d) reuse, recycle, reduce
34. 34.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
36. 36.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.♻️ A project report has 26 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
38. 38.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
40. 40.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3500 bottles?

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