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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 465 · 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.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a volcano
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  8. 8.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a satellite
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  19. 19.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  20. 20.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  25. 25.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a river
  31. 31.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  34. 34.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a road that floods
  3. a lift
  4. a water filter
  5. False
  6. understands the problem
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. keep food fresh longer
  9. a dam
  10. a bridge
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a microscope
  16. a coral reef
  17. a bicycle
  18. a railway track
  19. make power from sunlight
  20. True
  21. found in nature
  22. make water safe to drink
  23. found in nature
  24. a mobile phone
  25. True
  26. False
  27. cross a wide river
  28. a telephone
  29. True
  30. a ceiling fan
  31. False
  32. found in nature
  33. a fridge
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a rainbow
  37. a volcano
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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