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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 785 · 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 need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  5. 5.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  9. 9.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
  11. 11.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
  14. 14.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  18. 18.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a cloud
  20. 20.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  21. 21.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  25. 25.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a dam
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  29. 29.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  31. 31.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge

Answer key

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

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