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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 73 · 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 water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  6. 6.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  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 ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  12. 12.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  15. 15.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a lift
  25. 25.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  29. 29.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
  36. 36.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a road that floods
  3. a bridge
  4. a dam
  5. make water safe to drink
  6. how can we build it?
  7. False
  8. found in nature
  9. found in nature
  10. True
  11. a seashell
  12. True
  13. made by engineers
  14. reach a top floor fast
  15. True
  16. False
  17. False
  18. found in nature
  19. made by engineers
  20. made by engineers
  21. False
  22. a volcano
  23. made by engineers
  24. a telephone
  25. False
  26. False
  27. made by engineers
  28. a tunnel
  29. False
  30. a fridge
  31. found in nature
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a cloud
  35. a railway track
  36. make power from sunlight
  37. found in nature
  38. True
  39. science
  40. a mountain

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