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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 112 · 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 train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
  6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a ceiling fan
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  25. 25.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  28. 28.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
  29. 29.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  30. 30.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  31. 31.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. carry many people far
  2. a cloud
  3. a microscope
  4. made by engineers
  5. a ceiling fan
  6. False
  7. True
  8. False
  9. a telephone
  10. a coral reef
  11. False
  12. cross a wide river
  13. found in nature
  14. made by engineers
  15. a bridge
  16. True
  17. True
  18. store water for summer
  19. found in nature
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a water filter
  23. a satellite
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. science
  26. a bicycle
  27. a water filter
  28. see very tiny things
  29. make power from sunlight
  30. talk to someone far away
  31. reach a top floor fast
  32. True
  33. a bridge
  34. a railway track
  35. made by engineers
  36. a bicycle
  37. found in nature
  38. a banyan tree
  39. a waterfall
  40. a railway track

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