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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 181 · 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) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a river
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a river
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a train
  13. 13.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  15. 15.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  18. 18.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  19. 19.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  20. 20.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  24. 24.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  28. 28.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  29. 29.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  31. 31.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  36. 36.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. False
  3. a coral reef
  4. made by engineers
  5. found in nature
  6. found in nature
  7. a water filter
  8. made by engineers
  9. True
  10. False
  11. a bridge
  12. a telephone
  13. True
  14. a satellite
  15. make water safe to drink
  16. a seashell
  17. understands the problem
  18. make power from sunlight
  19. talk to someone far away
  20. how can we build it?
  21. a water filter
  22. a dam
  23. a railway track
  24. True
  25. False
  26. designs useful solutions
  27. a lift
  28. see very tiny things
  29. reach a top floor fast
  30. a fridge
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. cross a wide river
  35. science
  36. carry many people far
  37. a dam
  38. False
  39. True
  40. a cloud

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