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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 604 · 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 water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  7. 7.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a satellite (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  19. 19.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  21. 21.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  22. 22.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a dam
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a river
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a dam 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 cloud (c) a dam (d) a river
  38. 38.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a bridge
  3. made by engineers
  4. False
  5. found in nature
  6. science
  7. True
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. talk to someone far away
  11. a mountain
  12. a banyan tree
  13. a lift
  14. found in nature
  15. False
  16. False
  17. carry many people far
  18. a banyan tree
  19. True
  20. a satellite
  21. make water safe to drink
  22. reach a top floor fast
  23. found in nature
  24. True
  25. a telephone
  26. a rainbow
  27. a solar panel
  28. a tunnel
  29. a railway track
  30. a bicycle
  31. a microscope
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. cross a wide river
  35. a bridge
  36. made by engineers
  37. a dam
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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