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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 392 · 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 need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  2. 2.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a mountain
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  9. 9.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a seashell
  13. 13.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  16. 16.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  22. 22.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  25. 25.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  28. 28.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  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 waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. cross a wide river
  2. False
  3. False
  4. a lift
  5. found in nature
  6. a railway track
  7. a river
  8. a coral reef
  9. False
  10. a solar panel
  11. a waterfall
  12. a water filter
  13. False
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. a telephone
  16. carry many people far
  17. True
  18. a tunnel
  19. True
  20. found in nature
  21. understands the problem
  22. False
  23. made by engineers
  24. a bridge
  25. False
  26. go through a mountain
  27. a bridge
  28. True
  29. False
  30. keep food fresh longer
  31. found in nature
  32. True
  33. True
  34. made by engineers
  35. False
  36. designs useful solutions
  37. a lift
  38. science
  39. a banyan tree
  40. found in nature

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