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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 422 · 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 train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  6. 6.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  10. 10.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  14. 14.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  15. 15.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  19. 19.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  25. 25.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  30. 30.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  34. 34.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  40. 40.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. carry many people far
  2. a water filter
  3. found in nature
  4. False
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. True
  7. a seashell
  8. False
  9. a dam
  10. True
  11. True
  12. science
  13. a lift
  14. store water for summer
  15. False
  16. reach a top floor fast
  17. True
  18. understands the problem
  19. False
  20. False
  21. a satellite
  22. a coral reef
  23. a bicycle
  24. a solar panel
  25. cross a wide river
  26. True
  27. a microscope
  28. False
  29. a train
  30. False
  31. a waterfall
  32. a fridge
  33. a banyan tree
  34. go through a mountain
  35. made by engineers
  36. made by engineers
  37. a river
  38. a cloud
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. True

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