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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 320 · 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 need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  3. 3.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  9. 9.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
  12. 12.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a mountain
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  27. 27.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  32. 32.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  35. 35.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. store water for summer
  2. a mountain
  3. True
  4. a mobile phone
  5. found in nature
  6. cross a wide river
  7. True
  8. a rainbow
  9. see very tiny things
  10. a seashell
  11. a river
  12. True
  13. False
  14. a bicycle
  15. understands the problem
  16. found in nature
  17. a solar panel
  18. a dam
  19. a waterfall
  20. science
  21. found in nature
  22. a river
  23. made by engineers
  24. False
  25. go through a mountain
  26. a coral reef
  27. False
  28. False
  29. made by engineers
  30. a telephone
  31. a microscope
  32. reach a top floor fast
  33. found in nature
  34. a water filter
  35. a road that floods
  36. made by engineers
  37. False
  38. False
  39. a volcano
  40. False

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