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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 327 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  3. 3.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a river
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  8. 8.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  11. 11.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  20. 20.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  36. 36.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  39. 39.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. a bicycle
  3. True
  4. a mobile phone
  5. found in nature
  6. store water for summer
  7. a river
  8. False
  9. True
  10. a microscope
  11. make water safe to drink
  12. reach a top floor fast
  13. a fridge
  14. found in nature
  15. a road that floods
  16. True
  17. science
  18. cross a wide river
  19. a solar panel
  20. False
  21. a seashell
  22. made by engineers
  23. a dam
  24. a seashell
  25. a mountain
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a banyan tree
  32. a coral reef
  33. made by engineers
  34. False
  35. a bridge
  36. True
  37. a coral reef
  38. a bicycle
  39. True
  40. a satellite

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