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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 126 · 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 microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  2. 2.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a train
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  7. 7.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a river
  12. 12.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a water filter
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a train
  29. 29.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  31. 31.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  33. 33.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a train
  37. 37.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  38. 38.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. see very tiny things
  2. True
  3. a water filter
  4. a fridge
  5. found in nature
  6. a seashell
  7. False
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. go through a mountain
  11. a river
  12. False
  13. a dam
  14. a railway track
  15. a road that floods
  16. a lift
  17. a bicycle
  18. made by engineers
  19. a cloud
  20. made by engineers
  21. a train
  22. found in nature
  23. False
  24. found in nature
  25. reach a top floor fast
  26. a waterfall
  27. a solar panel
  28. a microscope
  29. False
  30. a volcano
  31. how can we build it?
  32. understands the problem
  33. science
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a telephone
  37. store water for summer
  38. False
  39. found in nature
  40. False

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