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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 166 · 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 ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a river
  4. 4.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a water filter
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  15. 15.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  21. 21.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a seashell
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a river
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  30. 30.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  33. 33.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a waterfall
  3. a lift
  4. True
  5. found in nature
  6. False
  7. a dam
  8. False
  9. a solar panel
  10. a microscope
  11. made by engineers
  12. a banyan tree
  13. a river
  14. a bicycle
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. found in nature
  19. True
  20. make power from sunlight
  21. reach a top floor fast
  22. found in nature
  23. a lift
  24. a bridge
  25. a water filter
  26. found in nature
  27. a lift
  28. made by engineers
  29. understands the problem
  30. True
  31. False
  32. a telephone
  33. True
  34. talk to someone far away
  35. a mobile phone
  36. False
  37. a dam
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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