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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 593 · 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 bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a volcano
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  8. 8.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  12. 12.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  19. 19.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  22. 22.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a lift
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
  34. 34.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a mobile phone
  3. False
  4. a water filter
  5. a waterfall
  6. a volcano
  7. a water filter
  8. False
  9. found in nature
  10. a lift
  11. a fridge
  12. True
  13. a dam
  14. a telephone
  15. a seashell
  16. found in nature
  17. a coral reef
  18. a train
  19. False
  20. False
  21. a solar panel
  22. True
  23. keep food fresh longer
  24. a water filter
  25. a tunnel
  26. True
  27. a banyan tree
  28. a lift
  29. a rainbow
  30. a waterfall
  31. understands the problem
  32. found in nature
  33. a cloud
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. make power from sunlight
  38. False
  39. made by engineers
  40. False

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