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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 767 · 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 make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  3. 3.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  17. 17.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  23. 23.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  29. 29.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  34. 34.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a river
  36. 36.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  37. 37.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  38. 38.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  39. 39.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a river

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. a bicycle
  3. False
  4. a rainbow
  5. False
  6. a dam
  7. found in nature
  8. found in nature
  9. a bicycle
  10. made by engineers
  11. True
  12. make water safe to drink
  13. True
  14. False
  15. a coral reef
  16. a mountain
  17. False
  18. a cloud
  19. made by engineers
  20. a train
  21. understands the problem
  22. a microscope
  23. True
  24. a rainbow
  25. found in nature
  26. made by engineers
  27. found in nature
  28. a seashell
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a telephone
  32. made by engineers
  33. a tunnel
  34. see very tiny things
  35. a bridge
  36. go through a mountain
  37. cross a wide river
  38. reach a top floor fast
  39. carry many people far
  40. a mobile phone

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