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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 414 · 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.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  6. 6.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a river
  8. 8.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  11. 11.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  12. 12.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a dam
  17. 17.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  18. 18.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a dam
  23. 23.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  24. 24.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  27. 27.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  37. 37.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  38. 38.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  39. 39.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. a waterfall
  3. a mountain
  4. found in nature
  5. make water safe to drink
  6. a road that floods
  7. a river
  8. how can we build it?
  9. a mobile phone
  10. a lift
  11. make power from sunlight
  12. False
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. a tunnel
  16. a dam
  17. carry many people far
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a cloud
  21. found in nature
  22. a train
  23. cross a wide river
  24. science
  25. a volcano
  26. a lift
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. store water for summer
  32. True
  33. a bridge
  34. True
  35. made by engineers
  36. understands the problem
  37. reach a top floor fast
  38. go through a mountain
  39. True
  40. a coral reef

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