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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 58 · 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.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  4. 4.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  13. 13.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  17. 17.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a lift
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
  27. 27.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  32. 32.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  36. 36.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  38. 38.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. False
  3. make water safe to drink
  4. False
  5. made by engineers
  6. science
  7. understands the problem
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. how can we build it?
  11. a coral reef
  12. a banyan tree
  13. False
  14. a water filter
  15. True
  16. a water filter
  17. False
  18. a mobile phone
  19. a coral reef
  20. a tunnel
  21. a volcano
  22. True
  23. carry many people far
  24. made by engineers
  25. a bridge
  26. a volcano
  27. True
  28. found in nature
  29. cross a wide river
  30. a dam
  31. store water for summer
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a bridge
  36. False
  37. a microscope
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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