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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 187 · 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 water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  3. 3.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  4. 4.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
  9. 9.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  11. 11.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  16. 16.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  26. 26.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
  28. 28.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a river
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a seashell
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  38. 38.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a bridge
  3. science
  4. True
  5. a tunnel
  6. a bridge
  7. a solar panel
  8. a ceiling fan
  9. False
  10. a waterfall
  11. False
  12. designs useful solutions
  13. a waterfall
  14. False
  15. a telephone
  16. True
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a mobile phone
  20. a banyan tree
  21. found in nature
  22. found in nature
  23. made by engineers
  24. a water filter
  25. a cloud
  26. False
  27. a coral reef
  28. False
  29. a river
  30. made by engineers
  31. cross a wide river
  32. a rainbow
  33. a satellite
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. go through a mountain
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. talk to someone far away

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