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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 164 · 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.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  8. 8.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a lift
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  22. 22.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  24. 24.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a train
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  33. 33.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. found in nature
  3. found in nature
  4. made by engineers
  5. reach a top floor fast
  6. made by engineers
  7. a river
  8. False
  9. a lift
  10. a water filter
  11. designs useful solutions
  12. science
  13. a railway track
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. found in nature
  16. False
  17. a rainbow
  18. found in nature
  19. a lift
  20. a seashell
  21. a waterfall
  22. False
  23. a seashell
  24. True
  25. a train
  26. a bridge
  27. made by engineers
  28. True
  29. a bridge
  30. made by engineers
  31. carry many people far
  32. a bicycle
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a mountain
  36. found in nature
  37. a mountain
  38. a cloud
  39. a rainbow
  40. a coral reef

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