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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 548 · 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 dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  5. 5.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  6. 6.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  11. 11.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
  14. 14.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  15. 15.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a river
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  19. 19.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  30. 30.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  38. 38.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a lift

Answer key

  1. False
  2. found in nature
  3. a dam
  4. science
  5. talk to someone far away
  6. see very tiny things
  7. found in nature
  8. True
  9. True
  10. a train
  11. False
  12. make water safe to drink
  13. a volcano
  14. store water for summer
  15. True
  16. a lift
  17. a rainbow
  18. a dam
  19. False
  20. a bridge
  21. found in nature
  22. True
  23. a bridge
  24. made by engineers
  25. a seashell
  26. found in nature
  27. True
  28. make power from sunlight
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. False
  31. True
  32. a mobile phone
  33. reach a top floor fast
  34. made by engineers
  35. True
  36. found in nature
  37. a tunnel
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a lift

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