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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 510 · 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 railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a rainbow
  6. 6.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a satellite
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  14. 14.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  17. 17.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  18. 18.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a river
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  29. 29.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a ceiling fan
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a seashell
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. False
  3. found in nature
  4. make power from sunlight
  5. a mobile phone
  6. store water for summer
  7. a lift
  8. a lift
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. a mountain
  11. made by engineers
  12. True
  13. a water filter
  14. True
  15. a telephone
  16. designs useful solutions
  17. a road that floods
  18. True
  19. False
  20. a bridge
  21. a microscope
  22. a river
  23. a bridge
  24. a tunnel
  25. False
  26. True
  27. science
  28. a seashell
  29. True
  30. a waterfall
  31. True
  32. found in nature
  33. a cloud
  34. found in nature
  35. see very tiny things
  36. a mountain
  37. a volcano
  38. a railway track
  39. True
  40. a bridge

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