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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 349 · 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.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a river
  11. 11.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  15. 15.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
  16. 16.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  39. 39.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. made by engineers
  3. True
  4. made by engineers
  5. found in nature
  6. talk to someone far away
  7. reach a top floor fast
  8. a lift
  9. understands the problem
  10. a river
  11. False
  12. made by engineers
  13. made by engineers
  14. science
  15. cross a wide river
  16. True
  17. False
  18. True
  19. made by engineers
  20. a volcano
  21. a banyan tree
  22. a water filter
  23. False
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. go through a mountain
  27. True
  28. a bicycle
  29. False
  30. a water filter
  31. found in nature
  32. a cloud
  33. made by engineers
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. a bridge
  39. True
  40. False

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