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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 214 · 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.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
  6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a cloud
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a railway track
  9. 9.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a train
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  13. 13.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a lift
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  24. 24.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a train
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  32. 32.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a waterfall
  37. 37.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. a bicycle
  3. made by engineers
  4. make water safe to drink
  5. a bridge
  6. science
  7. a satellite
  8. a coral reef
  9. False
  10. a road that floods
  11. a train
  12. a cloud
  13. make power from sunlight
  14. designs useful solutions
  15. a lift
  16. found in nature
  17. True
  18. made by engineers
  19. False
  20. a coral reef
  21. a microscope
  22. a tunnel
  23. a telephone
  24. True
  25. cross a wide river
  26. False
  27. made by engineers
  28. True
  29. True
  30. a dam
  31. a banyan tree
  32. go through a mountain
  33. False
  34. False
  35. found in nature
  36. a railway track
  37. False
  38. False
  39. keep food fresh longer
  40. True

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