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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 377 · 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 bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  4. 4.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  9. 9.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  13. 13.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a banyan tree
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  21. 21.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  22. 22.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  24. 24.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
  33. 33.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a seashell

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a bridge
  3. a dam
  4. True
  5. science
  6. a fridge
  7. made by engineers
  8. a coral reef
  9. False
  10. found in nature
  11. a banyan tree
  12. a bicycle
  13. True
  14. found in nature
  15. a lift
  16. a volcano
  17. a bicycle
  18. designs useful solutions
  19. a ceiling fan
  20. a telephone
  21. make power from sunlight
  22. False
  23. a road that floods
  24. False
  25. a mobile phone
  26. a bridge
  27. made by engineers
  28. a rainbow
  29. True
  30. cross a wide river
  31. False
  32. a dam
  33. True
  34. a satellite
  35. a water filter
  36. a lift
  37. made by engineers
  38. found in nature
  39. False
  40. a dam

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