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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 383 · 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 talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  7. 7.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a railway track
  15. 15.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a rainbow
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  26. 26.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  27. 27.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  28. 28.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  32. 32.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a dam
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
  37. 37.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a seashell
  3. made by engineers
  4. True
  5. a bicycle
  6. a lift
  7. True
  8. True
  9. a water filter
  10. science
  11. a microscope
  12. a dam
  13. a bicycle
  14. a railway track
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a satellite
  20. True
  21. False
  22. made by engineers
  23. True
  24. found in nature
  25. a lift
  26. make power from sunlight
  27. cross a wide river
  28. make water safe to drink
  29. found in nature
  30. carry many people far
  31. a bridge
  32. False
  33. a train
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a cloud
  37. True
  38. a fridge
  39. a cloud
  40. a coral reef

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