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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 345 · 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.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  7. 7.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  13. 13.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a train
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  16. 16.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  18. 18.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  20. 20.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
  22. 22.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  23. 23.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a dam
  29. 29.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  33. 33.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  36. 36.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
  39. 39.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a cloud
  3. a fridge
  4. made by engineers
  5. made by engineers
  6. make water safe to drink
  7. False
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. found in nature
  11. a volcano
  12. a road that floods
  13. True
  14. a telephone
  15. a ceiling fan
  16. keep food fresh longer
  17. make power from sunlight
  18. False
  19. a tunnel
  20. False
  21. a rainbow
  22. cross a wide river
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. science
  27. a bicycle
  28. a river
  29. reach a top floor fast
  30. a lift
  31. False
  32. go through a mountain
  33. talk to someone far away
  34. a banyan tree
  35. a mountain
  36. False
  37. made by engineers
  38. a dam
  39. how can we build it?
  40. a train

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