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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 534 · 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 ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  4. 4.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  9. 9.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  11. 11.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  13. 13.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  21. 21.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  25. 25.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  28. 28.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. made by engineers
  3. a ceiling fan
  4. keep food fresh longer
  5. a rainbow
  6. made by engineers
  7. True
  8. see very tiny things
  9. a road that floods
  10. a bicycle
  11. reach a top floor fast
  12. a volcano
  13. science
  14. True
  15. made by engineers
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a fridge
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. a waterfall
  25. False
  26. True
  27. understands the problem
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a river
  31. found in nature
  32. make water safe to drink
  33. a dam
  34. a bridge
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. a cloud
  38. a rainbow
  39. made by engineers
  40. False

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