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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 640 · 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.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  4. 4.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  7. 7.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a river
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  22. 22.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  24. 24.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  27. 27.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  28. 28.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a lift
  30. 30.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  40. 40.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a mountain
  3. a lift
  4. True
  5. True
  6. understands the problem
  7. True
  8. True
  9. carry many people far
  10. found in nature
  11. store water for summer
  12. a bridge
  13. a lift
  14. a waterfall
  15. a ceiling fan
  16. True
  17. False
  18. cross a wide river
  19. found in nature
  20. science
  21. a train
  22. False
  23. make power from sunlight
  24. False
  25. a lift
  26. a mobile phone
  27. keep food fresh longer
  28. go through a mountain
  29. a volcano
  30. False
  31. reach a top floor fast
  32. a banyan tree
  33. a dam
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a fridge
  38. a satellite
  39. a river
  40. False

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