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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 188 · 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 bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a train
  4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  6. 6.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  10. 10.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  17. 17.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  18. 18.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a river
  21. 21.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  27. 27.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  28. 28.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
  30. 30.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a cloud
  3. a train
  4. go through a mountain
  5. a mobile phone
  6. make power from sunlight
  7. made by engineers
  8. made by engineers
  9. understands the problem
  10. False
  11. a bridge
  12. made by engineers
  13. a satellite
  14. made by engineers
  15. a water filter
  16. a tunnel
  17. cross a wide river
  18. science
  19. a road that floods
  20. a river
  21. make water safe to drink
  22. False
  23. a rainbow
  24. found in nature
  25. made by engineers
  26. a bridge
  27. keep food fresh longer
  28. True
  29. a coral reef
  30. reach a top floor fast
  31. a lift
  32. a dam
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. a waterfall
  37. found in nature
  38. False
  39. found in nature
  40. True

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