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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 881 · 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 banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  3. 3.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  12. 12.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  40. 40.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a solar panel
  3. False
  4. False
  5. found in nature
  6. make water safe to drink
  7. a volcano
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. a rainbow
  11. a telephone
  12. False
  13. a lift
  14. made by engineers
  15. True
  16. True
  17. True
  18. True
  19. designs useful solutions
  20. a bridge
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. a lift
  26. a coral reef
  27. False
  28. a mobile phone
  29. found in nature
  30. a railway track
  31. False
  32. reach a top floor fast
  33. False
  34. understands the problem
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. made by engineers
  38. False
  39. a tunnel
  40. cross a wide river

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