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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 274 · 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.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  2. 2.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  6. 6.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  10. 10.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  15. 15.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  22. 22.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  25. 25.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a fridge
  2. True
  3. a bicycle
  4. found in nature
  5. a waterfall
  6. False
  7. found in nature
  8. True
  9. a ceiling fan
  10. a road that floods
  11. a mobile phone
  12. a cloud
  13. False
  14. a bridge
  15. store water for summer
  16. made by engineers
  17. False
  18. a microscope
  19. made by engineers
  20. a water filter
  21. a banyan tree
  22. True
  23. science
  24. a lift
  25. reach a top floor fast
  26. True
  27. False
  28. a tunnel
  29. a railway track
  30. a river
  31. made by engineers
  32. a satellite
  33. True
  34. a seashell
  35. found in nature
  36. False
  37. go through a mountain
  38. found in nature
  39. False
  40. False

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