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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 217 · 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 need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  2. 2.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  4. 4.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a river
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  10. 10.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  14. 14.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a train
  21. 21.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  22. 22.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a ceiling fan
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  28. 28.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  30. 30.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a lift
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a lift
  35. 35.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. cross a wide river
  2. False
  3. a water filter
  4. talk to someone far away
  5. a dam
  6. True
  7. a bridge
  8. a waterfall
  9. a railway track
  10. True
  11. True
  12. False
  13. a banyan tree
  14. False
  15. found in nature
  16. a waterfall
  17. found in nature
  18. a lift
  19. a coral reef
  20. a train
  21. make water safe to drink
  22. True
  23. a ceiling fan
  24. understands the problem
  25. False
  26. a seashell
  27. a lift
  28. see very tiny things
  29. a bridge
  30. True
  31. designs useful solutions
  32. made by engineers
  33. a dam
  34. a river
  35. store water for summer
  36. made by engineers
  37. a satellite
  38. a mountain
  39. a microscope
  40. False

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