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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 734 · 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.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a river
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a cloud
  4. 4.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  9. 9.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  17. 17.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  22. 22.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  24. 24.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  34. 34.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a ceiling fan
  3. a dam
  4. keep food fresh longer
  5. science
  6. a microscope
  7. a tunnel
  8. a seashell
  9. False
  10. False
  11. False
  12. a bridge
  13. a satellite
  14. a water filter
  15. a fridge
  16. understands the problem
  17. False
  18. found in nature
  19. a mobile phone
  20. made by engineers
  21. a coral reef
  22. talk to someone far away
  23. designs useful solutions
  24. see very tiny things
  25. a bicycle
  26. a waterfall
  27. made by engineers
  28. True
  29. reach a top floor fast
  30. a mountain
  31. a train
  32. a seashell
  33. a volcano
  34. True
  35. found in nature
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. made by engineers
  40. False

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