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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 731 · 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.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  2. 2.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a cloud
  4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  5. 5.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  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 dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  18. 18.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  22. 22.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a rainbow
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  37. 37.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a river
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. a lift
  2. False
  3. a water filter
  4. go through a mountain
  5. make power from sunlight
  6. a volcano
  7. a banyan tree
  8. a rainbow
  9. found in nature
  10. False
  11. understands the problem
  12. reach a top floor fast
  13. a solar panel
  14. a waterfall
  15. made by engineers
  16. False
  17. a waterfall
  18. True
  19. made by engineers
  20. False
  21. a dam
  22. True
  23. science
  24. made by engineers
  25. a fridge
  26. a satellite
  27. a mountain
  28. a lift
  29. False
  30. carry many people far
  31. a mobile phone
  32. False
  33. made by engineers
  34. a bicycle
  35. False
  36. a lift
  37. make water safe to drink
  38. a railway track
  39. made by engineers
  40. made by engineers

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