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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 584 · 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 mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  4. 4.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  13. 13.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a train
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  30. 30.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
  33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  36. 36.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  37. 37.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  38. 38.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. a water filter
  4. False
  5. a bridge
  6. a microscope
  7. understands the problem
  8. a bridge
  9. a volcano
  10. a cloud
  11. a road that floods
  12. a water filter
  13. talk to someone far away
  14. made by engineers
  15. made by engineers
  16. a bicycle
  17. a lift
  18. reach a top floor fast
  19. a rainbow
  20. a telephone
  21. a railway track
  22. a dam
  23. True
  24. a rainbow
  25. True
  26. a water filter
  27. a dam
  28. False
  29. a waterfall
  30. science
  31. a mobile phone
  32. a seashell
  33. store water for summer
  34. a banyan tree
  35. a dam
  36. see very tiny things
  37. carry many people far
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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