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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 969 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  6. 6.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  7. 7.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  12. 12.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  15. 15.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a satellite
  22. 22.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
  30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  36. 36.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a river
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a dam
  2. keep food fresh longer
  3. a lift
  4. found in nature
  5. a water filter
  6. carry many people far
  7. store water for summer
  8. found in nature
  9. a telephone
  10. a bicycle
  11. how can we build it?
  12. True
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. science
  15. True
  16. a dam
  17. a rainbow
  18. a railway track
  19. True
  20. a mountain
  21. a volcano
  22. see very tiny things
  23. make water safe to drink
  24. a solar panel
  25. a seashell
  26. a railway track
  27. False
  28. True
  29. make power from sunlight
  30. False
  31. a coral reef
  32. made by engineers
  33. made by engineers
  34. True
  35. understands the problem
  36. False
  37. found in nature
  38. a bridge
  39. found in nature
  40. False

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