Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 996 · 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.♻️ 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
2. 2.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) give old books away (b) buy less packaging (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt cans into new cans
3. 3.True or false: diesel is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
6. 6.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) print on both sides (b) melt glass into new jars (c) plant in old tyres (d) use a jar as a pen stand
7. 7.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 200 bottles?
8. 8.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: use a jar as a pen stand? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
9. 9.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 700 bottles?
10. 10.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.♻️ A project report has 94 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) carry a cloth bag (b) melt cans into new cans (c) melt glass into new jars (d) give old books away
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
14. 14.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1800 bottles?
15. 15.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt glass into new jars? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
16. 16.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
18. 18.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
19. 19.♻️ A school bench is made from 100 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 600 bottles?
21. 21.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) protects the future (c) wastes water (d) uses the most plastic
22. 22.True or false: natural gas is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
25. 25.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: print on both sides? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
26. 26.♻️ A family used to throw away 2 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 5 weeks?
27. 27.True or false: biogas from waste is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
29. 29.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) melt cans into new cans (b) turn plastic into tiles (c) reuse gift paper (d) fix a dripping tap
30. 30.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: turn plastic into tiles? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
31. 31.♻️ A project report has 100 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
32. 32.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: ocean wave energy is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) diesel (b) petrol (c) sunlight (d) coal
35. 35.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) print on both sides (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) pulp old paper
36. 36.♻️ A school bench is made from 400 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4400 bottles?
37. 37.True or false: coal is a renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) melt glass into new jars (c) refill a water bottle (d) carry a cloth bag
39. 39.True or false: coal is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) give old books away (c) carry a cloth bag (d) plant in old tyres

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