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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 744 · 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 cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  5. 5.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a telephone
  9. 9.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a dam
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  20. 20.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  26. 26.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  32. 32.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  36. 36.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. a solar panel
  3. made by engineers
  4. a coral reef
  5. False
  6. made by engineers
  7. make power from sunlight
  8. a dam
  9. True
  10. a satellite
  11. a river
  12. found in nature
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. science
  17. a cloud
  18. True
  19. a bicycle
  20. False
  21. a rainbow
  22. made by engineers
  23. a lift
  24. made by engineers
  25. store water for summer
  26. make water safe to drink
  27. True
  28. a railway track
  29. False
  30. a waterfall
  31. a microscope
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. a banyan tree
  36. True
  37. made by engineers
  38. a lift
  39. found in nature
  40. False

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