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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. a water filter
  3. store water for summer
  4. a mobile phone
  5. True
  6. designs useful solutions
  7. a bridge
  8. keep food fresh longer
  9. a water filter
  10. made by engineers
  11. a banyan tree
  12. made by engineers
  13. True
  14. True
  15. a cloud
  16. True
  17. a rainbow
  18. True
  19. make power from sunlight
  20. a bicycle
  21. a bridge
  22. False
  23. made by engineers
  24. see very tiny things
  25. a river
  26. a fridge
  27. a dam
  28. a train
  29. a coral reef
  30. True
  31. False
  32. a seashell
  33. made by engineers
  34. False
  35. found in nature
  36. True
  37. True
  38. True
  39. a mountain
  40. make water safe to drink

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