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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 86 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  16. 16.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  23. 23.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  24. 24.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  37. 37.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  38. 38.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a mountain
  2. True
  3. False
  4. a telephone
  5. a waterfall
  6. found in nature
  7. found in nature
  8. found in nature
  9. a river
  10. found in nature
  11. a bicycle
  12. a water filter
  13. made by engineers
  14. made by engineers
  15. a road that floods
  16. False
  17. a solar panel
  18. a bridge
  19. a bicycle
  20. made by engineers
  21. True
  22. a banyan tree
  23. go through a mountain
  24. science
  25. False
  26. found in nature
  27. made by engineers
  28. False
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. made by engineers
  31. False
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. a satellite
  35. a banyan tree
  36. a cloud
  37. talk to someone far away
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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