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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 532 · 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.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  3. 3.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  5. 5.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  11. 11.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  19. 19.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  24. 24.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
  32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  39. 39.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a water filter
  3. True
  4. a bicycle
  5. cross a wide river
  6. False
  7. True
  8. a bridge
  9. made by engineers
  10. a mobile phone
  11. True
  12. False
  13. a satellite
  14. a dam
  15. False
  16. a waterfall
  17. found in nature
  18. reach a top floor fast
  19. False
  20. a lift
  21. a mobile phone
  22. a bridge
  23. a road that floods
  24. False
  25. designs useful solutions
  26. a microscope
  27. a ceiling fan
  28. a banyan tree
  29. a bridge
  30. found in nature
  31. science
  32. False
  33. False
  34. a seashell
  35. made by engineers
  36. True
  37. make power from sunlight
  38. a cloud
  39. True
  40. go through a mountain

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