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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 233 · 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 see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  9. 9.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  12. 12.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  16. 16.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a train
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  36. 36.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. a road that floods
  4. found in nature
  5. made by engineers
  6. True
  7. a river
  8. a railway track
  9. False
  10. found in nature
  11. understands the problem
  12. go through a mountain
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. True
  15. science
  16. False
  17. carry many people far
  18. made by engineers
  19. found in nature
  20. make water safe to drink
  21. a solar panel
  22. True
  23. found in nature
  24. False
  25. True
  26. found in nature
  27. False
  28. a waterfall
  29. a bridge
  30. a bridge
  31. False
  32. talk to someone far away
  33. made by engineers
  34. a tunnel
  35. a river
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. a rainbow
  40. a banyan tree

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