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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 790 · 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 tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  2. 2.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  4. 4.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  7. 7.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a lift
  11. 11.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a train
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a train
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a lift
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a river
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  31. 31.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  33. 33.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  39. 39.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. True
  3. a road that floods
  4. keep food fresh longer
  5. understands the problem
  6. a bridge
  7. True
  8. found in nature
  9. a bridge
  10. a banyan tree
  11. see very tiny things
  12. a lift
  13. a bridge
  14. make water safe to drink
  15. carry many people far
  16. a satellite
  17. found in nature
  18. a cloud
  19. made by engineers
  20. False
  21. a dam
  22. a dam
  23. a train
  24. made by engineers
  25. a lift
  26. a ceiling fan
  27. a river
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a fridge
  31. science
  32. a tunnel
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a seashell
  36. found in nature
  37. True
  38. a bicycle
  39. True
  40. a banyan tree

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