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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 921 · 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 cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  2. 2.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a water filter
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a river
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  16. 16.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  19. 19.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a bridge
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  33. 33.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  37. 37.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  39. 39.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. make power from sunlight
  3. a rainbow
  4. a water filter
  5. found in nature
  6. a dam
  7. a banyan tree
  8. a mobile phone
  9. designs useful solutions
  10. True
  11. made by engineers
  12. False
  13. a lift
  14. a coral reef
  15. a volcano
  16. False
  17. a banyan tree
  18. a rainbow
  19. see very tiny things
  20. made by engineers
  21. a cloud
  22. made by engineers
  23. talk to someone far away
  24. made by engineers
  25. a lift
  26. a mountain
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. a water filter
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a train
  37. True
  38. a mountain
  39. store water for summer
  40. a satellite

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