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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 478 · 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.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  3. 3.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a train
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  7. 7.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  9. 9.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a lift
  15. 15.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a dam
  19. 19.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a train
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  28. 28.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  36. 36.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  39. 39.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a seashell
  3. reach a top floor fast
  4. a cloud
  5. a bridge
  6. a coral reef
  7. make water safe to drink
  8. a mountain
  9. False
  10. True
  11. found in nature
  12. store water for summer
  13. keep food fresh longer
  14. a dam
  15. cross a wide river
  16. a solar panel
  17. found in nature
  18. a river
  19. make power from sunlight
  20. False
  21. True
  22. go through a mountain
  23. False
  24. a fridge
  25. a microscope
  26. False
  27. a bicycle
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a satellite
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. understands the problem
  35. a coral reef
  36. True
  37. a waterfall
  38. a dam
  39. True
  40. True

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