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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 144 · 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 waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ 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
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  10. 10.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  16. 16.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  17. 17.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  20. 20.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  27. 27.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  30. 30.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  32. 32.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. see very tiny things
  4. a bridge
  5. True
  6. False
  7. a road that floods
  8. made by engineers
  9. go through a mountain
  10. True
  11. a solar panel
  12. True
  13. False
  14. a bicycle
  15. a banyan tree
  16. reach a top floor fast
  17. True
  18. made by engineers
  19. science
  20. talk to someone far away
  21. a dam
  22. store water for summer
  23. a mountain
  24. a dam
  25. a bridge
  26. a banyan tree
  27. True
  28. a train
  29. a cloud
  30. make water safe to drink
  31. a telephone
  32. False
  33. False
  34. keep food fresh longer
  35. False
  36. a water filter
  37. made by engineers
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. False

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