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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 756 · 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 go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  5. 5.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  9. 9.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a train
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  15. 15.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
  21. 21.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  36. 36.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a cloud

Answer key

  1. a tunnel
  2. understands the problem
  3. a water filter
  4. a microscope
  5. True
  6. made by engineers
  7. found in nature
  8. a satellite
  9. False
  10. True
  11. a cloud
  12. a dam
  13. a mobile phone
  14. a mountain
  15. False
  16. a seashell
  17. a water filter
  18. made by engineers
  19. True
  20. science
  21. a road that floods
  22. a lift
  23. True
  24. go through a mountain
  25. a solar panel
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. made by engineers
  30. made by engineers
  31. a bridge
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. a bridge
  36. False
  37. a coral reef
  38. made by engineers
  39. False
  40. a satellite

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