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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 385 · 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 river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  5. 5.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  14. 14.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  20. 20.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  21. 21.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  22. 22.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  25. 25.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  40. 40.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. science
  3. a bridge
  4. a microscope
  5. False
  6. make power from sunlight
  7. talk to someone far away
  8. made by engineers
  9. False
  10. True
  11. a dam
  12. made by engineers
  13. a volcano
  14. True
  15. False
  16. a seashell
  17. designs useful solutions
  18. cross a wide river
  19. a cloud
  20. a road that floods
  21. see very tiny things
  22. True
  23. a bicycle
  24. understands the problem
  25. True
  26. False
  27. carry many people far
  28. a railway track
  29. a mobile phone
  30. a bicycle
  31. found in nature
  32. False
  33. True
  34. found in nature
  35. False
  36. store water for summer
  37. made by engineers
  38. a bridge
  39. a dam
  40. True

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