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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 838 · 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 waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  3. 3.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  4. 4.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  7. 7.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a train
  9. 9.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a dam
  25. 25.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a river
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a train
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a river
  3. cross a wide river
  4. False
  5. False
  6. designs useful solutions
  7. go through a mountain
  8. a train
  9. True
  10. a bridge
  11. a road that floods
  12. found in nature
  13. True
  14. False
  15. a microscope
  16. False
  17. a telephone
  18. a lift
  19. True
  20. made by engineers
  21. True
  22. a mountain
  23. understands the problem
  24. a dam
  25. False
  26. store water for summer
  27. a bridge
  28. a river
  29. made by engineers
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. a tunnel
  34. True
  35. a solar panel
  36. False
  37. a bicycle
  38. True
  39. a fridge
  40. a mountain

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