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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 712 · 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 tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) cooking (d) music
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  7. 7.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  9. 9.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a dam
  12. 12.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  14. 14.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  16. 16.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  21. 21.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  26. 26.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  27. 27.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  28. 28.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
  32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  37. 37.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  38. 38.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. a coral reef
  4. science
  5. a volcano
  6. a water filter
  7. True
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. False
  10. found in nature
  11. a train
  12. make water safe to drink
  13. understands the problem
  14. False
  15. a bicycle
  16. cross a wide river
  17. talk to someone far away
  18. found in nature
  19. how can we build it?
  20. a water filter
  21. False
  22. found in nature
  23. a bridge
  24. made by engineers
  25. a tunnel
  26. a road that floods
  27. carry many people far
  28. True
  29. False
  30. found in nature
  31. a railway track
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a rainbow
  36. a cloud
  37. keep food fresh longer
  38. True
  39. True
  40. True

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