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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 888 · 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 microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
  4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  6. 6.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  10. 10.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  17. 17.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  20. 20.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  21. 21.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  22. 22.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  29. 29.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a river
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a dam
  38. 38.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a lift
  3. a dam
  4. science
  5. a coral reef
  6. True
  7. talk to someone far away
  8. found in nature
  9. make power from sunlight
  10. go through a mountain
  11. a microscope
  12. a waterfall
  13. found in nature
  14. made by engineers
  15. False
  16. a solar panel
  17. make water safe to drink
  18. made by engineers
  19. a volcano
  20. store water for summer
  21. see very tiny things
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. a tunnel
  27. a dam
  28. understands the problem
  29. False
  30. a mountain
  31. a bicycle
  32. a ceiling fan
  33. a lift
  34. False
  35. made by engineers
  36. a fridge
  37. a river
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. a water filter

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