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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 69 · 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 store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  3. 3.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  20. 20.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  25. 25.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a waterfall 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 coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a river
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a volcano

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a dam
  3. False
  4. a telephone
  5. a bridge
  6. a solar panel
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. found in nature
  9. found in nature
  10. True
  11. a railway track
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a seashell
  15. made by engineers
  16. False
  17. a water filter
  18. a mountain
  19. a satellite
  20. cross a wide river
  21. a volcano
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. False
  24. understands the problem
  25. see very tiny things
  26. True
  27. True
  28. made by engineers
  29. True
  30. True
  31. how can we build it?
  32. a satellite
  33. False
  34. True
  35. science
  36. a coral reef
  37. a rainbow
  38. found in nature
  39. a ceiling fan
  40. a bicycle

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