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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 954 · 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.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  5. 5.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  9. 9.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  21. 21.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  31. 31.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  33. 33.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  35. 35.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a train
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  38. 38.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a waterfall
  3. a road that floods
  4. a bicycle
  5. True
  6. found in nature
  7. made by engineers
  8. a seashell
  9. False
  10. a railway track
  11. a bridge
  12. a dam
  13. a railway track
  14. a dam
  15. make power from sunlight
  16. False
  17. a cloud
  18. found in nature
  19. found in nature
  20. a mountain
  21. True
  22. found in nature
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a bridge
  26. a telephone
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a ceiling fan
  31. science
  32. a water filter
  33. False
  34. a fridge
  35. False
  36. a solar panel
  37. a satellite
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. True

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