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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 291 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  15. 15.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a mountain
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a train
  19. 19.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift 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 bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  33. 33.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  38. 38.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track

Answer key

  1. a volcano
  2. a dam
  3. False
  4. True
  5. made by engineers
  6. reach a top floor fast
  7. make water safe to drink
  8. a seashell
  9. a railway track
  10. made by engineers
  11. a bridge
  12. made by engineers
  13. a cloud
  14. a bicycle
  15. go through a mountain
  16. a ceiling fan
  17. a dam
  18. a lift
  19. False
  20. False
  21. science
  22. a train
  23. a banyan tree
  24. made by engineers
  25. a coral reef
  26. a bridge
  27. True
  28. carry many people far
  29. found in nature
  30. True
  31. a water filter
  32. a water filter
  33. understands the problem
  34. True
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. a bicycle
  38. see very tiny things
  39. False
  40. a banyan tree

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