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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 124 · 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) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  7. 7.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  9. 9.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  10. 10.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  16. 16.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  19. 19.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  22. 22.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  25. 25.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a cloud
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a satellite
  33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  35. 35.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  36. 36.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  38. 38.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer

Answer key

  1. store water for summer
  2. found in nature
  3. found in nature
  4. understands the problem
  5. a satellite
  6. a dam
  7. False
  8. a water filter
  9. go through a mountain
  10. False
  11. True
  12. how can we build it?
  13. a banyan tree
  14. a banyan tree
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. keep food fresh longer
  17. a cloud
  18. cross a wide river
  19. False
  20. found in nature
  21. a bridge
  22. True
  23. science
  24. a volcano
  25. False
  26. a waterfall
  27. a seashell
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a mountain
  31. a water filter
  32. a river
  33. True
  34. a rainbow
  35. a road that floods
  36. talk to someone far away
  37. a fridge
  38. False
  39. True
  40. see very tiny things

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