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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 855 · 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.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  6. 6.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
  12. 12.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  17. 17.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a cloud
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  26. 26.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a banyan tree
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a river
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  38. 38.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. False
  2. made by engineers
  3. True
  4. made by engineers
  5. make water safe to drink
  6. False
  7. a tunnel
  8. a mobile phone
  9. a lift
  10. a train
  11. a coral reef
  12. False
  13. made by engineers
  14. made by engineers
  15. made by engineers
  16. a banyan tree
  17. store water for summer
  18. found in nature
  19. made by engineers
  20. a water filter
  21. found in nature
  22. made by engineers
  23. True
  24. False
  25. keep food fresh longer
  26. True
  27. True
  28. a satellite
  29. a ceiling fan
  30. a dam
  31. a ceiling fan
  32. found in nature
  33. False
  34. True
  35. designs useful solutions
  36. a mobile phone
  37. a lift
  38. False
  39. see very tiny things
  40. a bridge

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