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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 397 · 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 tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  2. 2.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  3. 3.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a river
  6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  9. 9.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a river
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  12. 12.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  18. 18.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  22. 22.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  23. 23.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  25. 25.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  28. 28.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a mountain
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a volcano
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a banyan tree
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  36. 36.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a waterfall
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. store water for summer
  3. True
  4. a rainbow
  5. a dam
  6. make water safe to drink
  7. a lift
  8. a bicycle
  9. True
  10. a bicycle
  11. a dam
  12. True
  13. False
  14. a banyan tree
  15. found in nature
  16. how can we build it?
  17. a volcano
  18. True
  19. made by engineers
  20. a lift
  21. a railway track
  22. reach a top floor fast
  23. True
  24. a cloud
  25. talk to someone far away
  26. found in nature
  27. a satellite
  28. True
  29. a bridge
  30. a lift
  31. a cloud
  32. a banyan tree
  33. found in nature
  34. False
  35. a volcano
  36. False
  37. make power from sunlight
  38. a waterfall
  39. a coral reef
  40. made by engineers

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