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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 386 · 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.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a banyan tree 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 lift (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  18. 18.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a ceiling fan
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a volcano
  36. 36.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a banyan tree
  40. 40.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music

Answer key

  1. a mountain
  2. a microscope
  3. found in nature
  4. False
  5. True
  6. made by engineers
  7. a road that floods
  8. a volcano
  9. a mobile phone
  10. made by engineers
  11. True
  12. found in nature
  13. a lift
  14. a dam
  15. made by engineers
  16. True
  17. a coral reef
  18. True
  19. made by engineers
  20. found in nature
  21. False
  22. a tunnel
  23. a mobile phone
  24. a water filter
  25. a ceiling fan
  26. True
  27. a cloud
  28. a coral reef
  29. False
  30. found in nature
  31. talk to someone far away
  32. a bridge
  33. a lift
  34. False
  35. a satellite
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. a bridge
  40. science

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