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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 720 · 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 solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  18. 18.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a railway track
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. a mountain
  4. a bridge
  5. True
  6. True
  7. made by engineers
  8. False
  9. science
  10. made by engineers
  11. keep food fresh longer
  12. a waterfall
  13. False
  14. cross a wide river
  15. made by engineers
  16. False
  17. a road that floods
  18. True
  19. a railway track
  20. found in nature
  21. carry many people far
  22. a banyan tree
  23. False
  24. made by engineers
  25. found in nature
  26. talk to someone far away
  27. a ceiling fan
  28. found in nature
  29. a train
  30. False
  31. False
  32. made by engineers
  33. a lift
  34. False
  35. go through a mountain
  36. found in nature
  37. a river
  38. False
  39. False
  40. see very tiny things

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