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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 901 · 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 go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  7. 7.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a waterfall
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a mountain
  11. 11.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  21. 21.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  32. 32.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  34. 34.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. a tunnel
  2. found in nature
  3. a dam
  4. found in nature
  5. a banyan tree
  6. a satellite
  7. False
  8. a seashell
  9. a bridge
  10. a bicycle
  11. cross a wide river
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a mountain
  16. a train
  17. a bicycle
  18. found in nature
  19. made by engineers
  20. a fridge
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. made by engineers
  25. False
  26. False
  27. found in nature
  28. understands the problem
  29. True
  30. a lift
  31. store water for summer
  32. science
  33. a mountain
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. a banyan tree
  39. designs useful solutions
  40. a dam

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