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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 340 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a river
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  11. 11.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  13. 13.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  19. 19.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a water filter
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  25. 25.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  26. 26.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  30. 30.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a mountain

Answer key

  1. a lift
  2. made by engineers
  3. False
  4. False
  5. found in nature
  6. a water filter
  7. a fridge
  8. a solar panel
  9. a ceiling fan
  10. a satellite
  11. keep food fresh longer
  12. a bridge
  13. carry many people far
  14. found in nature
  15. made by engineers
  16. True
  17. see very tiny things
  18. a banyan tree
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a bridge
  22. a train
  23. a microscope
  24. a seashell
  25. cross a wide river
  26. False
  27. a volcano
  28. understands the problem
  29. a lift
  30. True
  31. go through a mountain
  32. made by engineers
  33. found in nature
  34. False
  35. False
  36. made by engineers
  37. a mobile phone
  38. made by engineers
  39. a waterfall
  40. a water filter

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