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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 892 · 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 banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a microscope
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  10. 10.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a telephone
  13. 13.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  20. 20.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a lift
  22. 22.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  28. 28.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  35. 35.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  37. 37.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. False
  3. a train
  4. a microscope
  5. a mountain
  6. a ceiling fan
  7. made by engineers
  8. found in nature
  9. designs useful solutions
  10. see very tiny things
  11. science
  12. a dam
  13. talk to someone far away
  14. True
  15. a waterfall
  16. made by engineers
  17. made by engineers
  18. True
  19. a lift
  20. True
  21. a lift
  22. understands the problem
  23. found in nature
  24. True
  25. True
  26. found in nature
  27. keep food fresh longer
  28. carry many people far
  29. False
  30. a fridge
  31. a cloud
  32. a lift
  33. a bicycle
  34. a telephone
  35. cross a wide river
  36. a bridge
  37. False
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. made by engineers

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