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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 342 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  3. 3.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
  6. 6.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  19. 19.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  25. 25.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  27. 27.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  34. 34.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  37. 37.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  40. 40.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. science
  2. a satellite
  3. True
  4. False
  5. a seashell
  6. carry many people far
  7. found in nature
  8. made by engineers
  9. found in nature
  10. True
  11. a fridge
  12. a water filter
  13. a coral reef
  14. a solar panel
  15. found in nature
  16. make water safe to drink
  17. True
  18. a bridge
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a telephone
  22. made by engineers
  23. False
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. see very tiny things
  26. a lift
  27. talk to someone far away
  28. a microscope
  29. found in nature
  30. a dam
  31. made by engineers
  32. a lift
  33. a rainbow
  34. False
  35. a cloud
  36. a dam
  37. True
  38. a mobile phone
  39. a railway track
  40. True

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