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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 176 · 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 river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  3. 3.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  7. 7.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a train (d) a lift
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  20. 20.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a railway track
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
  26. 26.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a river
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
  32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  34. 34.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a river
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a lift
  3. True
  4. True
  5. False
  6. a mountain
  7. carry many people far
  8. a fridge
  9. a cloud
  10. a train
  11. understands the problem
  12. False
  13. a railway track
  14. found in nature
  15. False
  16. a road that floods
  17. False
  18. False
  19. science
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a mountain
  23. a volcano
  24. made by engineers
  25. a lift
  26. True
  27. False
  28. a ceiling fan
  29. False
  30. found in nature
  31. a rainbow
  32. False
  33. a water filter
  34. see very tiny things
  35. False
  36. a satellite
  37. True
  38. a river
  39. a microscope
  40. a telephone

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