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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 129 · 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.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a river
  13. 13.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  18. 18.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  21. 21.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a lift
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  27. 27.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  29. 29.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a train
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a train
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a lift
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  40. 40.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. False
  4. False
  5. a microscope
  6. a coral reef
  7. found in nature
  8. made by engineers
  9. False
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. a road that floods
  12. a river
  13. False
  14. False
  15. understands the problem
  16. True
  17. make power from sunlight
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a bridge
  21. True
  22. False
  23. a river
  24. made by engineers
  25. a railway track
  26. a ceiling fan
  27. True
  28. see very tiny things
  29. True
  30. a train
  31. found in nature
  32. True
  33. cross a wide river
  34. a satellite
  35. a telephone
  36. made by engineers
  37. a lift
  38. a dam
  39. a coral reef
  40. False

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