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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 527 · 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 mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  2. 2.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  9. 9.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a dam
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  23. 23.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  30. 30.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a lift
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a volcano 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 railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a satellite
  35. 35.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. False
  3. a dam
  4. made by engineers
  5. True
  6. see very tiny things
  7. True
  8. a water filter
  9. False
  10. a bridge
  11. made by engineers
  12. a cloud
  13. a banyan tree
  14. make water safe to drink
  15. understands the problem
  16. found in nature
  17. a mountain
  18. False
  19. a mountain
  20. True
  21. a solar panel
  22. a water filter
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. found in nature
  29. store water for summer
  30. False
  31. a lift
  32. found in nature
  33. a seashell
  34. a seashell
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a telephone
  38. found in nature
  39. a road that floods
  40. designs useful solutions

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