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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 335 · 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 make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  2. 2.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  5. 5.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a train
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  10. 10.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a railway track
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a water filter
  18. 18.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  21. 21.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  24. 24.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  27. 27.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  29. 29.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a solar panel
  2. True
  3. True
  4. a microscope
  5. True
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a lift
  9. a water filter
  10. cross a wide river
  11. a fridge
  12. a coral reef
  13. made by engineers
  14. a mountain
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. made by engineers
  17. a mountain
  18. go through a mountain
  19. made by engineers
  20. a dam
  21. True
  22. a seashell
  23. a bicycle
  24. False
  25. a cloud
  26. a lift
  27. True
  28. a seashell
  29. False
  30. a mobile phone
  31. a tunnel
  32. a water filter
  33. make power from sunlight
  34. understands the problem
  35. a rainbow
  36. True
  37. a volcano
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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