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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 936 · 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 lift (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  4. 4.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a train
  12. 12.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  15. 15.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  26. 26.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  28. 28.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  30. 30.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a lift
  33. 33.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a bridge
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  38. 38.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  40. 40.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer

Answer key

  1. a tunnel
  2. False
  3. a volcano
  4. False
  5. a mobile phone
  6. keep food fresh longer
  7. a banyan tree
  8. True
  9. found in nature
  10. False
  11. a dam
  12. False
  13. made by engineers
  14. designs useful solutions
  15. True
  16. found in nature
  17. a lift
  18. found in nature
  19. found in nature
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a volcano
  23. found in nature
  24. a bridge
  25. a dam
  26. False
  27. a ceiling fan
  28. True
  29. make water safe to drink
  30. False
  31. a lift
  32. a solar panel
  33. False
  34. True
  35. made by engineers
  36. a river
  37. a waterfall
  38. True
  39. a telephone
  40. make power from sunlight

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