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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 549 · 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 microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  13. 13.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  16. 16.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  23. 23.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
  32. 32.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a train
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a cloud

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. a volcano
  4. made by engineers
  5. True
  6. a dam
  7. made by engineers
  8. False
  9. False
  10. True
  11. True
  12. store water for summer
  13. science
  14. a waterfall
  15. carry many people far
  16. False
  17. a bicycle
  18. made by engineers
  19. False
  20. found in nature
  21. a bicycle
  22. a banyan tree
  23. go through a mountain
  24. a volcano
  25. False
  26. a railway track
  27. found in nature
  28. a rainbow
  29. a seashell
  30. made by engineers
  31. reach a top floor fast
  32. False
  33. made by engineers
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a ceiling fan
  38. a banyan tree
  39. a train
  40. a bridge

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