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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 60 · 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 fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
  9. 9.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  12. 12.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a volcano 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 coral reef (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a lift
  23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a river
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  36. 36.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. understands the problem
  3. found in nature
  4. a mobile phone
  5. a river
  6. made by engineers
  7. True
  8. a dam
  9. True
  10. a bridge
  11. a mountain
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a lift
  15. found in nature
  16. found in nature
  17. a coral reef
  18. reach a top floor fast
  19. True
  20. found in nature
  21. False
  22. a tunnel
  23. True
  24. a lift
  25. a rainbow
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. made by engineers
  30. see very tiny things
  31. made by engineers
  32. a railway track
  33. a river
  34. a satellite
  35. a mountain
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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