Engineering Worksheet: Sustainability

Engineering lesson 22: Sustainable engineering · Set 997 · 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: switch off unused lights? (a) recycle (b) reduce (c) reuse
2. 2.♻️ Is sunlight a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
3. 3.♻️ Which is the BEST order to think about waste? (a) recycle, reuse, reduce (b) reuse, recycle, reduce (c) burn, bury, forget (d) reduce, reuse, recycle
4. 4.♻️ Is wind a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable
5. 5.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: pulp old paper? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
6. 6.True or false: ocean wave energy is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: flowing river water is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) refill a water bottle (d) print on both sides
9. 9.♻️ A sustainable design … (a) lasts one day (b) uses the most plastic (c) wastes water (d) protects the future
10. 10.♻️ A family used to throw away 5 plastic bags a week. They now carry cloth bags. How many plastic bags do they save in 3 weeks?
11. 11.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) use a jar as a pen stand (d) melt glass into new jars
12. 12.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) pulp old paper (b) plant in old tyres (c) fix a dripping tap (d) buy less packaging
13. 13.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: give old books away? (a) reduce (b) recycle (c) reuse
14. 14.♻️ Is biogas from waste a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
15. 15.♻️ Which energy source will never run out? (a) coal (b) sunlight (c) diesel (d) petrol
16. 16.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: reuse gift paper? (a) reuse (b) reduce (c) recycle
17. 17.True or false: flowing river water is a non-renewable energy source. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: plant in old tyres? (a) reuse (b) recycle (c) reduce
19. 19.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: carry a cloth bag? (a) recycle (b) reuse (c) reduce
20. 20.♻️ A school bench is made from 300 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 1200 bottles?
21. 21.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) use a jar as a pen stand (b) pulp old paper (c) refill a water bottle (d) switch off unused lights
22. 22.♻️ Is flowing river water a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
23. 23.Which of these is recycle (make new things)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) fix a dripping tap (c) print on both sides (d) melt cans into new cans
24. 24.♻️ A school bench is made from 150 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 300 bottles?
25. 25.♻️ Is coal a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
26. 26.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: melt cans into new cans? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
27. 27.♻️ A school bench is made from 500 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 4000 bottles?
28. 28.♻️ A project report has 56 pages. How many sheets of paper are needed if it is printed on both sides of each sheet?
29. 29.♻️ Is diesel a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
30. 30.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) refill a water bottle (b) print on both sides (c) fix a dripping tap (d) melt cans into new cans
31. 31.♻️ A school bench is made from 450 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 3150 bottles?
32. 32.True or false: sunlight is a non-renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.♻️ Reduce, reuse or recycle: buy less packaging? (a) reduce (b) reuse (c) recycle
34. 34.Which of these is reduce (use less)? (a) melt glass into new jars (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) print on both sides
35. 35.Which of these is reuse (use again)? (a) buy less packaging (b) give old books away (c) melt cans into new cans (d) fix a dripping tap
36. 36.True or false: sunlight is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: natural gas is a renewable energy source. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.♻️ A school bench is made from 200 recycled plastic bottles. How many benches can be made from 800 bottles?
39. 39.♻️ Is petrol a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) renewable (b) non-renewable
40. 40.♻️ Is ocean wave energy a renewable or a non-renewable energy source? (a) non-renewable (b) renewable

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