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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 362 · 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 waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  4. 4.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  5. 5.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  8. 8.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  14. 14.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  20. 20.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  23. 23.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  25. 25.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  28. 28.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  30. 30.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  40. 40.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a river
  3. a bicycle
  4. make power from sunlight
  5. reach a top floor fast
  6. found in nature
  7. a bridge
  8. True
  9. a water filter
  10. a telephone
  11. a waterfall
  12. True
  13. a dam
  14. store water for summer
  15. found in nature
  16. a bridge
  17. a lift
  18. a seashell
  19. a ceiling fan
  20. True
  21. a cloud
  22. a lift
  23. False
  24. a tunnel
  25. True
  26. a volcano
  27. designs useful solutions
  28. a road that floods
  29. a lift
  30. True
  31. a dam
  32. a dam
  33. False
  34. a train
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. a bridge
  39. science
  40. False

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