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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 586 · 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.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  4. 4.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  7. 7.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a satellite
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  16. 16.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a bridge
  32. 32.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  34. 34.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a tunnel

Answer key

  1. a train
  2. a road that floods
  3. a telephone
  4. False
  5. found in nature
  6. a mountain
  7. cross a wide river
  8. a volcano
  9. made by engineers
  10. found in nature
  11. a tunnel
  12. made by engineers
  13. False
  14. a seashell
  15. a solar panel
  16. store water for summer
  17. a bicycle
  18. True
  19. found in nature
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a bicycle
  23. make power from sunlight
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. False
  27. a fridge
  28. made by engineers
  29. False
  30. a bridge
  31. a bridge
  32. False
  33. a waterfall
  34. True
  35. a dam
  36. a mobile phone
  37. a cloud
  38. True
  39. False
  40. a lift

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