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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 134 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  15. 15.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  18. 18.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  30. 30.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  34. 34.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a lift
  39. 39.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a cloud
  2. reach a top floor fast
  3. a fridge
  4. found in nature
  5. a railway track
  6. True
  7. False
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. a coral reef
  10. made by engineers
  11. True
  12. science
  13. a volcano
  14. understands the problem
  15. False
  16. True
  17. see very tiny things
  18. False
  19. a seashell
  20. found in nature
  21. False
  22. a solar panel
  23. False
  24. a coral reef
  25. made by engineers
  26. made by engineers
  27. a bridge
  28. a cloud
  29. a water filter
  30. False
  31. True
  32. found in nature
  33. a water filter
  34. False
  35. a road that floods
  36. made by engineers
  37. a satellite
  38. a river
  39. True
  40. False

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