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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. found in nature
  3. a dam
  4. a bicycle
  5. a cloud
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. False
  10. a railway track
  11. a seashell
  12. True
  13. understands the problem
  14. designs useful solutions
  15. a river
  16. a bridge
  17. False
  18. a tunnel
  19. False
  20. False
  21. a rainbow
  22. True
  23. keep food fresh longer
  24. found in nature
  25. a waterfall
  26. a railway track
  27. a volcano
  28. a river
  29. a bridge
  30. True
  31. carry many people far
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. a coral reef
  35. True
  36. False
  37. reach a top floor fast
  38. made by engineers
  39. found in nature
  40. a coral reef

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