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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 567 · 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 waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  5. 5.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  8. 8.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  21. 21.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  32. 32.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. a volcano
  4. a dam
  5. store water for summer
  6. a fridge
  7. a banyan tree
  8. keep food fresh longer
  9. a mobile phone
  10. a ceiling fan
  11. a lift
  12. made by engineers
  13. False
  14. found in nature
  15. True
  16. True
  17. False
  18. found in nature
  19. science
  20. a lift
  21. True
  22. made by engineers
  23. False
  24. made by engineers
  25. see very tiny things
  26. a rainbow
  27. False
  28. a dam
  29. a railway track
  30. a seashell
  31. a volcano
  32. True
  33. a telephone
  34. a tunnel
  35. a banyan tree
  36. True
  37. False
  38. found in nature
  39. understands the problem
  40. True

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