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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 897 · 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.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
  6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  10. 10.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  14. 14.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  21. 21.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  26. 26.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a river
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a tunnel

Answer key

  1. a dam
  2. a bridge
  3. found in nature
  4. made by engineers
  5. a bicycle
  6. science
  7. made by engineers
  8. a river
  9. a microscope
  10. False
  11. a satellite
  12. False
  13. how can we build it?
  14. False
  15. see very tiny things
  16. a cloud
  17. found in nature
  18. found in nature
  19. made by engineers
  20. a bridge
  21. True
  22. a dam
  23. True
  24. False
  25. a solar panel
  26. True
  27. make water safe to drink
  28. made by engineers
  29. True
  30. a lift
  31. made by engineers
  32. a telephone
  33. True
  34. False
  35. talk to someone far away
  36. found in nature
  37. a dam
  38. a river
  39. a waterfall
  40. a fridge

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