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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 298 · 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 cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a river
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  6. 6.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  11. 11.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  16. 16.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  19. 19.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a water filter
  25. 25.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  27. 27.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  35. 35.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. a satellite
  3. a river
  4. made by engineers
  5. a telephone
  6. True
  7. how can we build it?
  8. a seashell
  9. science
  10. a water filter
  11. False
  12. made by engineers
  13. a lift
  14. a cloud
  15. a solar panel
  16. carry many people far
  17. False
  18. make water safe to drink
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a ceiling fan
  22. a rainbow
  23. a water filter
  24. a river
  25. True
  26. a fridge
  27. True
  28. True
  29. made by engineers
  30. True
  31. False
  32. found in nature
  33. made by engineers
  34. a volcano
  35. False
  36. make power from sunlight
  37. understands the problem
  38. a bicycle
  39. made by engineers
  40. reach a top floor fast

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