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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 481 · 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 mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a cloud
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  7. 7.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  15. 15.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  27. 27.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. cross a wide river
  3. a solar panel
  4. a bridge
  5. found in nature
  6. reach a top floor fast
  7. make power from sunlight
  8. a railway track
  9. True
  10. False
  11. False
  12. a road that floods
  13. understands the problem
  14. a banyan tree
  15. go through a mountain
  16. True
  17. talk to someone far away
  18. a water filter
  19. a volcano
  20. a waterfall
  21. made by engineers
  22. False
  23. found in nature
  24. a microscope
  25. made by engineers
  26. make water safe to drink
  27. False
  28. a water filter
  29. False
  30. a lift
  31. store water for summer
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. a bridge
  35. a banyan tree
  36. a rainbow
  37. False
  38. found in nature
  39. a bicycle
  40. True

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