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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 680 · 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.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  5. 5.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  9. 9.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  14. 14.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  35. 35.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. a river
  2. a bridge
  3. a bridge
  4. a telephone
  5. False
  6. talk to someone far away
  7. True
  8. a satellite
  9. False
  10. made by engineers
  11. True
  12. a volcano
  13. a waterfall
  14. True
  15. a lift
  16. a waterfall
  17. a rainbow
  18. a satellite
  19. False
  20. True
  21. found in nature
  22. True
  23. a cloud
  24. a railway track
  25. a seashell
  26. True
  27. found in nature
  28. a water filter
  29. made by engineers
  30. a railway track
  31. understands the problem
  32. a volcano
  33. a lift
  34. a water filter
  35. make power from sunlight
  36. a rainbow
  37. found in nature
  38. made by engineers
  39. a dam
  40. found in nature

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