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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 786 · 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 microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  3. 3.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
  10. 10.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  13. 13.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  16. 16.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
  18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a telephone
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  27. 27.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  28. 28.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  37. 37.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. see very tiny things
  2. a banyan tree
  3. False
  4. a bicycle
  5. a rainbow
  6. a waterfall
  7. a bridge
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. a ceiling fan
  10. True
  11. False
  12. a dam
  13. True
  14. a banyan tree
  15. a satellite
  16. keep food fresh longer
  17. science
  18. False
  19. found in nature
  20. a telephone
  21. a seashell
  22. True
  23. a volcano
  24. a dam
  25. a tunnel
  26. a mountain
  27. reach a top floor fast
  28. make power from sunlight
  29. found in nature
  30. cross a wide river
  31. a mountain
  32. False
  33. False
  34. a coral reef
  35. a railway track
  36. a water filter
  37. False
  38. made by engineers
  39. True
  40. True

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