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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. store water for summer
  2. how can we build it?
  3. False
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. made by engineers
  8. a microscope
  9. found in nature
  10. a river
  11. keep food fresh longer
  12. False
  13. science
  14. True
  15. a cloud
  16. a coral reef
  17. a seashell
  18. a lift
  19. True
  20. a water filter
  21. understands the problem
  22. False
  23. False
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. a tunnel
  26. a bicycle
  27. made by engineers
  28. a road that floods
  29. a banyan tree
  30. a banyan tree
  31. made by engineers
  32. False
  33. True
  34. make water safe to drink
  35. a rainbow
  36. True
  37. a dam
  38. reach a top floor fast
  39. see very tiny things
  40. a dam

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