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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 747 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a ceiling fan
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a seashell
  8. 8.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  21. 21.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  24. 24.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  32. 32.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  38. 38.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. a river
  2. made by engineers
  3. a ceiling fan
  4. made by engineers
  5. False
  6. a water filter
  7. a lift
  8. True
  9. True
  10. a bicycle
  11. False
  12. a solar panel
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a seashell
  16. True
  17. a satellite
  18. a cloud
  19. a fridge
  20. a satellite
  21. True
  22. go through a mountain
  23. designs useful solutions
  24. talk to someone far away
  25. a bridge
  26. found in nature
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. a mobile phone
  31. a coral reef
  32. False
  33. science
  34. made by engineers
  35. False
  36. True
  37. understands the problem
  38. keep food fresh longer
  39. a rainbow
  40. a lift

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