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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 822 · 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 of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  4. 4.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a river
  12. 12.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  15. 15.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  16. 16.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  22. 22.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  26. 26.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a satellite
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  39. 39.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a river

Answer key

  1. a volcano
  2. a banyan tree
  3. a river
  4. True
  5. a dam
  6. False
  7. make power from sunlight
  8. a microscope
  9. a lift
  10. a coral reef
  11. a dam
  12. False
  13. go through a mountain
  14. a tunnel
  15. cross a wide river
  16. True
  17. True
  18. a coral reef
  19. made by engineers
  20. a rainbow
  21. a satellite
  22. keep food fresh longer
  23. found in nature
  24. made by engineers
  25. a lift
  26. False
  27. True
  28. a bridge
  29. made by engineers
  30. False
  31. a waterfall
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a train
  36. a water filter
  37. found in nature
  38. a lift
  39. carry many people far
  40. a mobile phone

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