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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 135 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  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 bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  15. 15.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  16. 16.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  21. 21.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a train
  39. 39.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. False
  3. True
  4. carry many people far
  5. found in nature
  6. reach a top floor fast
  7. found in nature
  8. made by engineers
  9. False
  10. a bridge
  11. a road that floods
  12. a waterfall
  13. False
  14. go through a mountain
  15. make water safe to drink
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. a bridge
  20. science
  21. True
  22. a mountain
  23. a solar panel
  24. a telephone
  25. False
  26. False
  27. see very tiny things
  28. a volcano
  29. found in nature
  30. True
  31. designs useful solutions
  32. a train
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a coral reef
  36. a banyan tree
  37. False
  38. a fridge
  39. False
  40. a volcano

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