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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 775 · 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 store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  2. 2.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  7. 7.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  11. 11.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a mountain
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  23. 23.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a dam
  29. 29.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  36. 36.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a train
  39. 39.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  40. 40.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a dam
  2. False
  3. found in nature
  4. cross a wide river
  5. found in nature
  6. a solar panel
  7. keep food fresh longer
  8. a rainbow
  9. science
  10. a tunnel
  11. carry many people far
  12. made by engineers
  13. a bicycle
  14. found in nature
  15. reach a top floor fast
  16. a seashell
  17. a satellite
  18. a lift
  19. a railway track
  20. found in nature
  21. make power from sunlight
  22. a dam
  23. True
  24. True
  25. a river
  26. designs useful solutions
  27. understands the problem
  28. a waterfall
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. found in nature
  33. store water for summer
  34. a bridge
  35. a water filter
  36. True
  37. a lift
  38. a telephone
  39. make water safe to drink
  40. True

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