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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 407 · 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 fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  3. 3.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  4. 4.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  11. 11.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  19. 19.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  23. 23.🛠️ 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?
  24. 24.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  32. 32.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  33. 33.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  34. 34.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a bridge
  3. store water for summer
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a banyan tree
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. a water filter
  11. False
  12. a road that floods
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. a banyan tree
  16. a waterfall
  17. made by engineers
  18. designs useful solutions
  19. True
  20. carry many people far
  21. found in nature
  22. a tunnel
  23. how can we build it?
  24. True
  25. a train
  26. False
  27. a lift
  28. False
  29. False
  30. a solar panel
  31. a mobile phone
  32. make power from sunlight
  33. go through a mountain
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. make water safe to drink
  39. a railway track
  40. found in nature

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