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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 449 · 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) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  9. 9.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  13. 13.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a cloud
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  20. 20.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  25. 25.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  30. 30.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a river
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. carry many people far
  2. made by engineers
  3. False
  4. True
  5. a road that floods
  6. a banyan tree
  7. False
  8. a lift
  9. False
  10. go through a mountain
  11. a train
  12. a lift
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a river
  16. a water filter
  17. found in nature
  18. a ceiling fan
  19. a ceiling fan
  20. True
  21. found in nature
  22. a volcano
  23. found in nature
  24. a water filter
  25. True
  26. True
  27. True
  28. True
  29. a bridge
  30. False
  31. a microscope
  32. made by engineers
  33. a railway track
  34. found in nature
  35. a coral reef
  36. True
  37. reach a top floor fast
  38. a waterfall
  39. a solar panel
  40. found in nature

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