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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. a road that floods
  2. False
  3. a coral reef
  4. True
  5. found in nature
  6. made by engineers
  7. a telephone
  8. found in nature
  9. how can we build it?
  10. a cloud
  11. cross a wide river
  12. a mountain
  13. a water filter
  14. store water for summer
  15. a banyan tree
  16. a rainbow
  17. True
  18. a bicycle
  19. False
  20. a bridge
  21. False
  22. a dam
  23. a dam
  24. made by engineers
  25. go through a mountain
  26. True
  27. False
  28. True
  29. a bridge
  30. a river
  31. science
  32. False
  33. a volcano
  34. False
  35. found in nature
  36. found in nature
  37. a seashell
  38. a cloud
  39. a microscope
  40. False

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