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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 431 · 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 carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
  2. 2.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a dam
  6. 6.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  9. 9.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ 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
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  14. 14.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  15. 15.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  17. 17.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
  22. 22.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a train
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  30. 30.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions

Answer key

  1. a train
  2. True
  3. found in nature
  4. a mobile phone
  5. a telephone
  6. False
  7. found in nature
  8. a cloud
  9. False
  10. False
  11. a road that floods
  12. a mobile phone
  13. a waterfall
  14. carry many people far
  15. True
  16. a bridge
  17. reach a top floor fast
  18. made by engineers
  19. found in nature
  20. a mountain
  21. a cloud
  22. keep food fresh longer
  23. a microscope
  24. a river
  25. False
  26. a railway track
  27. a banyan tree
  28. a bicycle
  29. cross a wide river
  30. True
  31. a solar panel
  32. a lift
  33. found in nature
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. made by engineers
  38. go through a mountain
  39. False
  40. designs useful solutions

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