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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 419 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  2. 2.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a dam
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a rainbow
  5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  15. 15.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  24. 24.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  27. 27.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  28. 28.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  31. 31.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a seashell
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a river
  37. 37.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  38. 38.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a railway track
  2. store water for summer
  3. a coral reef
  4. a bridge
  5. a road that floods
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a ceiling fan
  9. a seashell
  10. a lift
  11. a coral reef
  12. a river
  13. a banyan tree
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. True
  16. made by engineers
  17. True
  18. found in nature
  19. False
  20. found in nature
  21. found in nature
  22. a bridge
  23. a dam
  24. False
  25. a bicycle
  26. a seashell
  27. make water safe to drink
  28. True
  29. made by engineers
  30. understands the problem
  31. True
  32. True
  33. a satellite
  34. a lift
  35. a bridge
  36. a dam
  37. carry many people far
  38. True
  39. a telephone
  40. True

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