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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 811 · 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.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a cloud
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
  21. 21.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  23. 23.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  26. 26.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
  28. 28.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  30. 30.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  32. 32.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  35. 35.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a dam
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a lift
  3. made by engineers
  4. made by engineers
  5. a mobile phone
  6. a river
  7. found in nature
  8. see very tiny things
  9. a bicycle
  10. a dam
  11. found in nature
  12. True
  13. found in nature
  14. made by engineers
  15. False
  16. make power from sunlight
  17. science
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a coral reef
  21. False
  22. a fridge
  23. False
  24. cross a wide river
  25. a solar panel
  26. True
  27. store water for summer
  28. go through a mountain
  29. a water filter
  30. reach a top floor fast
  31. a cloud
  32. False
  33. made by engineers
  34. a volcano
  35. True
  36. carry many people far
  37. made by engineers
  38. False
  39. a dam
  40. a bicycle

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