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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a cloud
  3. keep food fresh longer
  4. True
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a solar panel
  8. a banyan tree
  9. a lift
  10. True
  11. False
  12. make power from sunlight
  13. how can we build it?
  14. made by engineers
  15. False
  16. found in nature
  17. found in nature
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. a coral reef
  22. a bridge
  23. True
  24. a ceiling fan
  25. True
  26. False
  27. a river
  28. found in nature
  29. False
  30. a river
  31. designs useful solutions
  32. True
  33. a bicycle
  34. a satellite
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. a telephone
  39. a water filter
  40. found in nature

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