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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 122 · 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.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  2. 2.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  17. 17.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  23. 23.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  24. 24.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  26. 26.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
  32. 32.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  39. 39.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. False
  3. a microscope
  4. found in nature
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. make water safe to drink
  7. True
  8. a waterfall
  9. a cloud
  10. True
  11. made by engineers
  12. True
  13. a dam
  14. found in nature
  15. science
  16. understands the problem
  17. False
  18. made by engineers
  19. a water filter
  20. found in nature
  21. False
  22. a coral reef
  23. talk to someone far away
  24. make power from sunlight
  25. go through a mountain
  26. True
  27. True
  28. a volcano
  29. a mountain
  30. a fridge
  31. a seashell
  32. keep food fresh longer
  33. store water for summer
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a banyan tree
  37. a volcano
  38. a lift
  39. False
  40. made by engineers

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