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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 526 · 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 banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  5. 5.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  6. 6.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a waterfall
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  11. 11.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  13. 13.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  19. 19.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  22. 22.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track
  24. 24.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  28. 28.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a coral reef (d) a cloud
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.🛠️ 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

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. False
  3. made by engineers
  4. make water safe to drink
  5. cross a wide river
  6. False
  7. a railway track
  8. made by engineers
  9. a microscope
  10. a coral reef
  11. reach a top floor fast
  12. designs useful solutions
  13. True
  14. False
  15. a river
  16. found in nature
  17. a lift
  18. a ceiling fan
  19. False
  20. a water filter
  21. store water for summer
  22. keep food fresh longer
  23. a coral reef
  24. False
  25. True
  26. carry many people far
  27. a rainbow
  28. go through a mountain
  29. a lift
  30. a banyan tree
  31. found in nature
  32. a mobile phone
  33. made by engineers
  34. made by engineers
  35. science
  36. found in nature
  37. True
  38. make power from sunlight
  39. found in nature
  40. a road that floods

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