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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 740 · 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 telephone (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a lift
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a water filter
  6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  7. 7.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a banyan tree
  16. 16.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a river
  18. 18.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  22. 22.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  30. 30.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  34. 34.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a cloud
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  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 banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a lift
  2. made by engineers
  3. found in nature
  4. made by engineers
  5. a banyan tree
  6. keep food fresh longer
  7. False
  8. True
  9. True
  10. a mountain
  11. a telephone
  12. made by engineers
  13. True
  14. see very tiny things
  15. a dam
  16. cross a wide river
  17. a dam
  18. False
  19. found in nature
  20. True
  21. a rainbow
  22. True
  23. found in nature
  24. True
  25. a satellite
  26. a water filter
  27. go through a mountain
  28. a solar panel
  29. a water filter
  30. designs useful solutions
  31. False
  32. True
  33. a cloud
  34. store water for summer
  35. a bridge
  36. a seashell
  37. found in nature
  38. a microscope
  39. found in nature
  40. True

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