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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 735 · 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 talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  8. 8.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a train
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  17. 17.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  19. 19.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  26. 26.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a seashell
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  29. 29.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a train
  31. 31.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  32. 32.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a telephone
  2. a lift
  3. made by engineers
  4. True
  5. found in nature
  6. keep food fresh longer
  7. a solar panel
  8. how can we build it?
  9. a fridge
  10. a seashell
  11. True
  12. found in nature
  13. cross a wide river
  14. True
  15. a volcano
  16. a tunnel
  17. False
  18. see very tiny things
  19. reach a top floor fast
  20. a dam
  21. made by engineers
  22. False
  23. a rainbow
  24. a coral reef
  25. a water filter
  26. True
  27. a railway track
  28. a coral reef
  29. a road that floods
  30. a microscope
  31. make power from sunlight
  32. science
  33. found in nature
  34. found in nature
  35. False
  36. a rainbow
  37. a bridge
  38. make water safe to drink
  39. found in nature
  40. True

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