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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 210 · 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.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  5. 5.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  10. 10.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a river
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  24. 24.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  28. 28.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  34. 34.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a satellite
  3. True
  4. a lift
  5. see very tiny things
  6. a water filter
  7. False
  8. True
  9. store water for summer
  10. False
  11. a bridge
  12. a microscope
  13. found in nature
  14. a lift
  15. True
  16. a bicycle
  17. a mountain
  18. a water filter
  19. a railway track
  20. a ceiling fan
  21. a ceiling fan
  22. made by engineers
  23. a tunnel
  24. True
  25. designs useful solutions
  26. a waterfall
  27. a bridge
  28. False
  29. carry many people far
  30. made by engineers
  31. False
  32. a cloud
  33. a railway track
  34. reach a top floor fast
  35. True
  36. found in nature
  37. False
  38. a lift
  39. found in nature
  40. understands the problem

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