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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a bridge
  3. found in nature
  4. a seashell
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. True
  7. a bicycle
  8. a banyan tree
  9. found in nature
  10. made by engineers
  11. a fridge
  12. True
  13. keep food fresh longer
  14. found in nature
  15. cross a wide river
  16. a lift
  17. made by engineers
  18. False
  19. go through a mountain
  20. False
  21. a mobile phone
  22. a solar panel
  23. True
  24. a ceiling fan
  25. a waterfall
  26. a river
  27. science
  28. found in nature
  29. False
  30. a coral reef
  31. True
  32. a dam
  33. False
  34. a lift
  35. True
  36. a dam
  37. a ceiling fan
  38. a cloud
  39. a railway track
  40. False

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