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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 984 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  2. 2.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a water filter
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a lift
  12. 12.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a water filter
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  23. 23.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  27. 27.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  34. 34.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  36. 36.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  38. 38.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  40. 40.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. understands the problem
  2. False
  3. a dam
  4. a railway track
  5. a water filter
  6. a satellite
  7. True
  8. False
  9. made by engineers
  10. False
  11. a train
  12. False
  13. a coral reef
  14. a coral reef
  15. a water filter
  16. see very tiny things
  17. found in nature
  18. False
  19. True
  20. a lift
  21. a seashell
  22. a cloud
  23. True
  24. reach a top floor fast
  25. a ceiling fan
  26. a bridge
  27. False
  28. a rainbow
  29. a tunnel
  30. found in nature
  31. True
  32. True
  33. science
  34. True
  35. a bicycle
  36. False
  37. go through a mountain
  38. talk to someone far away
  39. a lift
  40. False

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