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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 565 · 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 water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  3. 3.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a water filter
  7. 7.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  11. 11.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
  13. 13.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  15. 15.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a river
  22. 22.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  23. 23.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  26. 26.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  28. 28.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  30. 30.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  34. 34.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  38. 38.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a mobile phone
  3. make power from sunlight
  4. science
  5. understands the problem
  6. a train
  7. keep food fresh longer
  8. made by engineers
  9. a banyan tree
  10. a bridge
  11. False
  12. a mountain
  13. talk to someone far away
  14. a rainbow
  15. True
  16. True
  17. found in nature
  18. cross a wide river
  19. made by engineers
  20. a fridge
  21. a lift
  22. how can we build it?
  23. True
  24. go through a mountain
  25. a microscope
  26. carry many people far
  27. a lift
  28. False
  29. a coral reef
  30. True
  31. found in nature
  32. True
  33. a waterfall
  34. store water for summer
  35. made by engineers
  36. a solar panel
  37. a volcano
  38. False
  39. a telephone
  40. True

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