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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 84 · 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 dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  4. 4.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  8. 8.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a train
  10. 10.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  18. 18.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  19. 19.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  27. 27.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  30. 30.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a dam
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  39. 39.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast

Answer key

  1. store water for summer
  2. science
  3. a water filter
  4. make power from sunlight
  5. a telephone
  6. make water safe to drink
  7. a mobile phone
  8. True
  9. a train
  10. how can we build it?
  11. a bicycle
  12. a mountain
  13. a bridge
  14. a railway track
  15. a banyan tree
  16. see very tiny things
  17. a cloud
  18. a road that floods
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. a dam
  22. made by engineers
  23. found in nature
  24. False
  25. False
  26. a fridge
  27. True
  28. found in nature
  29. reach a top floor fast
  30. False
  31. a bridge
  32. found in nature
  33. a lift
  34. made by engineers
  35. True
  36. a microscope
  37. a tunnel
  38. a coral reef
  39. False
  40. cross a wide river

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