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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 598 · 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 lift (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  11. 11.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  13. 13.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  15. 15.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a waterfall
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  21. 21.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  25. 25.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a lift
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a seashell
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  31. 31.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  35. 35.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  38. 38.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. a volcano
  2. False
  3. go through a mountain
  4. cross a wide river
  5. a banyan tree
  6. a lift
  7. True
  8. a mountain
  9. found in nature
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. False
  12. a telephone
  13. a road that floods
  14. a cloud
  15. False
  16. True
  17. talk to someone far away
  18. a railway track
  19. a satellite
  20. a bridge
  21. False
  22. False
  23. science
  24. a waterfall
  25. False
  26. made by engineers
  27. False
  28. a river
  29. a water filter
  30. a train
  31. False
  32. a dam
  33. a coral reef
  34. understands the problem
  35. see very tiny things
  36. found in nature
  37. a ceiling fan
  38. store water for summer
  39. a volcano
  40. a solar panel

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