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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 588 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a railway track
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  7. 7.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  11. 11.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  17. 17.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  23. 23.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  24. 24.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a train
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. a volcano
  2. a mountain
  3. found in nature
  4. a rainbow
  5. make water safe to drink
  6. a waterfall
  7. False
  8. a water filter
  9. made by engineers
  10. a lift
  11. False
  12. a mobile phone
  13. found in nature
  14. understands the problem
  15. found in nature
  16. store water for summer
  17. go through a mountain
  18. a dam
  19. found in nature
  20. a seashell
  21. made by engineers
  22. a dam
  23. see very tiny things
  24. False
  25. a water filter
  26. a mobile phone
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a lift
  31. a bicycle
  32. a fridge
  33. made by engineers
  34. False
  35. found in nature
  36. True
  37. found in nature
  38. found in nature
  39. a tunnel
  40. a satellite

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