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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 868 · 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 coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  9. 9.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  11. 11.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
  22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  24. 24.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  25. 25.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  30. 30.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  38. 38.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  40. 40.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far

Answer key

  1. False
  2. found in nature
  3. True
  4. a road that floods
  5. False
  6. science
  7. made by engineers
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. True
  10. a satellite
  11. cross a wide river
  12. understands the problem
  13. a tunnel
  14. made by engineers
  15. False
  16. a mobile phone
  17. found in nature
  18. made by engineers
  19. see very tiny things
  20. a train
  21. go through a mountain
  22. False
  23. a bridge
  24. make power from sunlight
  25. False
  26. a mountain
  27. True
  28. found in nature
  29. a satellite
  30. make water safe to drink
  31. a cloud
  32. a seashell
  33. a railway track
  34. found in nature
  35. a waterfall
  36. a telephone
  37. a microscope
  38. store water for summer
  39. a bridge
  40. carry many people far

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