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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 643 · 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 train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
  9. 9.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  13. 13.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a train
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  18. 18.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  22. 22.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  26. 26.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  27. 27.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  34. 34.🛠️ 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
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a train
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  40. 40.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. found in nature
  3. go through a mountain
  4. a mobile phone
  5. a river
  6. True
  7. False
  8. science
  9. False
  10. True
  11. True
  12. designs useful solutions
  13. True
  14. a train
  15. a lift
  16. a mountain
  17. a seashell
  18. False
  19. understands the problem
  20. False
  21. a dam
  22. False
  23. a bicycle
  24. made by engineers
  25. a bridge
  26. make water safe to drink
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. True
  32. False
  33. reach a top floor fast
  34. a road that floods
  35. a fridge
  36. a railway track
  37. a bicycle
  38. a solar panel
  39. a lift
  40. True

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