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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 521 · 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.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
  2. 2.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  4. 4.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  6. 6.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  8. 8.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  13. 13.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  19. 19.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  21. 21.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
  24. 24.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a river
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  32. 32.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  39. 39.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a bicycle
  2. make power from sunlight
  3. understands the problem
  4. store water for summer
  5. a train
  6. True
  7. a banyan tree
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. made by engineers
  12. a fridge
  13. True
  14. False
  15. found in nature
  16. True
  17. False
  18. reach a top floor fast
  19. True
  20. a satellite
  21. True
  22. a coral reef
  23. science
  24. False
  25. a lift
  26. a waterfall
  27. a mountain
  28. made by engineers
  29. False
  30. a ceiling fan
  31. a rainbow
  32. a road that floods
  33. found in nature
  34. a seashell
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. made by engineers
  38. a seashell
  39. False
  40. True

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