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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 594 · 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 make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  2. 2.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  15. 15.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  18. 18.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  29. 29.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  37. 37.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a volcano
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  40. 40.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music

Answer key

  1. a solar panel
  2. True
  3. a cloud
  4. cross a wide river
  5. a banyan tree
  6. True
  7. found in nature
  8. a coral reef
  9. made by engineers
  10. found in nature
  11. True
  12. found in nature
  13. a bridge
  14. make water safe to drink
  15. False
  16. keep food fresh longer
  17. a mobile phone
  18. True
  19. found in nature
  20. False
  21. a river
  22. made by engineers
  23. a telephone
  24. made by engineers
  25. a bridge
  26. made by engineers
  27. found in nature
  28. a rainbow
  29. True
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a train
  36. a microscope
  37. False
  38. a lift
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. science

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