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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 572 · 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 fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  11. 11.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  13. 13.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track
  17. 17.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  18. 18.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  20. 20.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a river
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  33. 33.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. a dam
  4. a water filter
  5. science
  6. made by engineers
  7. True
  8. a mobile phone
  9. a mountain
  10. a solar panel
  11. go through a mountain
  12. a cloud
  13. True
  14. a bridge
  15. a telephone
  16. a river
  17. how can we build it?
  18. make power from sunlight
  19. understands the problem
  20. True
  21. a lift
  22. a waterfall
  23. made by engineers
  24. made by engineers
  25. a microscope
  26. made by engineers
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. made by engineers
  31. a dam
  32. a bridge
  33. see very tiny things
  34. False
  35. a river
  36. a bridge
  37. a mountain
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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