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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 983 · 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 banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  2. 2.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  3. 3.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
  7. 7.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  11. 11.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
  13. 13.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  37. 37.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. keep food fresh longer
  3. True
  4. a fridge
  5. found in nature
  6. talk to someone far away
  7. True
  8. False
  9. a mountain
  10. a river
  11. False
  12. a volcano
  13. see very tiny things
  14. False
  15. made by engineers
  16. False
  17. True
  18. a coral reef
  19. a volcano
  20. make power from sunlight
  21. a satellite
  22. go through a mountain
  23. designs useful solutions
  24. a water filter
  25. a microscope
  26. a dam
  27. found in nature
  28. a rainbow
  29. cross a wide river
  30. a banyan tree
  31. a telephone
  32. a satellite
  33. True
  34. False
  35. made by engineers
  36. a cloud
  37. a road that floods
  38. a dam
  39. a water filter
  40. a bridge

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