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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 941 · 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 need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  5. 5.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  12. 12.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  21. 21.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  25. 25.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  26. 26.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  35. 35.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  39. 39.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. carry many people far
  2. a telephone
  3. a dam
  4. designs useful solutions
  5. go through a mountain
  6. a rainbow
  7. made by engineers
  8. a bridge
  9. made by engineers
  10. a microscope
  11. a bridge
  12. False
  13. a fridge
  14. a train
  15. False
  16. False
  17. True
  18. a cloud
  19. a coral reef
  20. a mountain
  21. cross a wide river
  22. made by engineers
  23. found in nature
  24. make power from sunlight
  25. keep food fresh longer
  26. False
  27. True
  28. make water safe to drink
  29. a ceiling fan
  30. a bicycle
  31. found in nature
  32. False
  33. made by engineers
  34. a dam
  35. False
  36. a mobile phone
  37. True
  38. a lift
  39. False
  40. True

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