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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 599 · 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 store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  4. 4.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  6. 6.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  8. 8.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a dam
  12. 12.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a river
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  18. 18.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  37. 37.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a dam
  2. False
  3. designs useful solutions
  4. False
  5. a mountain
  6. see very tiny things
  7. a satellite
  8. True
  9. False
  10. made by engineers
  11. a bridge
  12. store water for summer
  13. a bridge
  14. a satellite
  15. made by engineers
  16. made by engineers
  17. a waterfall
  18. False
  19. a volcano
  20. a bicycle
  21. a water filter
  22. a microscope
  23. False
  24. a telephone
  25. found in nature
  26. made by engineers
  27. False
  28. a dam
  29. False
  30. make water safe to drink
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. make power from sunlight
  35. found in nature
  36. a water filter
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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