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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 516 · 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 mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  10. 10.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  20. 20.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  24. 24.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a banyan tree
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a river
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  36. 36.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  38. 38.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a waterfall
  3. reach a top floor fast
  4. found in nature
  5. a dam
  6. designs useful solutions
  7. a cloud
  8. a water filter
  9. a mountain
  10. False
  11. a railway track
  12. a tunnel
  13. False
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. a lift
  16. found in nature
  17. False
  18. found in nature
  19. a cloud
  20. False
  21. a volcano
  22. made by engineers
  23. cross a wide river
  24. store water for summer
  25. found in nature
  26. science
  27. a telephone
  28. True
  29. a water filter
  30. found in nature
  31. a river
  32. a rainbow
  33. make power from sunlight
  34. made by engineers
  35. a train
  36. True
  37. understands the problem
  38. keep food fresh longer
  39. False
  40. True

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