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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. make water safe to drink
  2. True
  3. a dam
  4. keep food fresh longer
  5. False
  6. a bridge
  7. made by engineers
  8. a telephone
  9. a waterfall
  10. made by engineers
  11. see very tiny things
  12. a mobile phone
  13. science
  14. False
  15. how can we build it?
  16. understands the problem
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a banyan tree
  20. False
  21. a river
  22. found in nature
  23. a lift
  24. False
  25. a volcano
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a road that floods
  28. a river
  29. a cloud
  30. talk to someone far away
  31. False
  32. a bridge
  33. found in nature
  34. True
  35. a fridge
  36. designs useful solutions
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. found in nature

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