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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 108 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Problem first, then solution): Engineered things are designed and built by people; natural things are made by nature. Every invention meets a need: ask “what problem goes away when we have it?”. Scientists ask why things happen; engineers ask how to build something useful.

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  1. 1.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  5. 5.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  10. 10.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a train
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  20. 20.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a fridge
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  31. 31.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a lift
  33. 33.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  35. 35.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
  40. 40.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. store water for summer
  2. made by engineers
  3. False
  4. a road that floods
  5. talk to someone far away
  6. a banyan tree
  7. made by engineers
  8. a mountain
  9. a rainbow
  10. False
  11. make water safe to drink
  12. made by engineers
  13. found in nature
  14. True
  15. made by engineers
  16. found in nature
  17. a train
  18. a dam
  19. a banyan tree
  20. True
  21. found in nature
  22. a bridge
  23. a waterfall
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a bridge
  27. found in nature
  28. a bicycle
  29. a tunnel
  30. a fridge
  31. True
  32. a mountain
  33. False
  34. a lift
  35. see very tiny things
  36. a bridge
  37. understands the problem
  38. False
  39. a cloud
  40. True

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