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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 53 · 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 need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  2. 2.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
  10. 10.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  12. 12.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  19. 19.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  22. 22.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a railway track
  24. 24.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  28. 28.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  32. 32.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  36. 36.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  40. 40.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. keep food fresh longer
  2. False
  3. make water safe to drink
  4. a volcano
  5. True
  6. a bridge
  7. science
  8. a water filter
  9. a dam
  10. carry many people far
  11. how can we build it?
  12. False
  13. found in nature
  14. found in nature
  15. a bridge
  16. found in nature
  17. False
  18. a cloud
  19. True
  20. a telephone
  21. a water filter
  22. understands the problem
  23. a railway track
  24. False
  25. True
  26. made by engineers
  27. talk to someone far away
  28. store water for summer
  29. a bicycle
  30. False
  31. a lift
  32. see very tiny things
  33. found in nature
  34. a rainbow
  35. a banyan tree
  36. False
  37. True
  38. True
  39. a seashell
  40. False

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