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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 280 · 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 carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  7. 7.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  14. 14.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a mountain
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  30. 30.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a railway track
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  35. 35.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. a train
  2. made by engineers
  3. True
  4. False
  5. found in nature
  6. keep food fresh longer
  7. False
  8. science
  9. a mountain
  10. found in nature
  11. a microscope
  12. a volcano
  13. a fridge
  14. False
  15. a dam
  16. a bridge
  17. a satellite
  18. a telephone
  19. a road that floods
  20. a mountain
  21. a tunnel
  22. store water for summer
  23. a water filter
  24. a seashell
  25. False
  26. a bicycle
  27. a mobile phone
  28. True
  29. carry many people far
  30. False
  31. a mobile phone
  32. a railway track
  33. made by engineers
  34. cross a wide river
  35. see very tiny things
  36. found in nature
  37. made by engineers
  38. make water safe to drink
  39. found in nature
  40. a volcano

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