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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 99 · 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.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a bridge
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  9. 9.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  17. 17.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  18. 18.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a river
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  30. 30.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a lift
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel

Answer key

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

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